Tyler, The Creator
Tyler, The Creator
Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known by his stage name Tyler, The Creator, is an American rapper and music video director. Born in Ladera Heights, California, he rose to prominence as the leader and co-founder of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future and has rapped on and produced songs for nearly every Odd Future release. Okonma also creates all the artwork for the group's releases and said in an interview with radio presenter DJ Semtex, that he designs all the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 March 1991
CountryUnited States of America
I don't like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?
I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.
The thing is, I make music I like. So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.
I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter.
Listen deeper than the music before you put it in the box.
I think, if I had a dad, I would have went the normal college route. I'm so stoked my life panned out how it was.
I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.
I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap.
I'm not into fashion, but I like design. I wear the same shoes every day.
I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.
Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.
I try to tell all the - not even the kids, even people older than me - to just be themselves. Don't wear what I wear 'cause I wear it; wear what you like.
I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.
I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.