
§ THE PORTRAIT
Tyler, the Creator
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§ THE SHORT VERSION
Tyler, the Creator, born Tyler Okonma in 1991, is a Los Angeles rapper and producer who founded Odd Future. He won the Grammy for Best Rap Album for IGOR in 2020 and for Call Me If You Get Lost in 2022, and he runs the clothing line Golf Wang and the festival Camp Flog Gnaw.
Born Tyler Okonma in 1991 and raised in Hawthorne and Ladera Heights, a few miles from Compton. Founded the Odd Future collective as a teenager and turned a Tumblr following into a movement.
He writes, produces, arranges and directs his own records and videos. IGOR won the Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2020 and Call Me If You Get Lost won it again in 2022, two albums that sound nothing alike.
Golf Wang, the clothing line, and Camp Flog Gnaw, the carnival he throws in Los Angeles, are the same idea as the music. Build the whole world yourself and invite people in.
The only name in this room so far.