In the eighth grade, Okonma joined the drama class and was kicked out due to being too hyper, and in the ninth grade, Okonma was not allowed to join the band class because he could not read music. In his 12 years of schooling, he attended 12 different schools in the Los Angeles and Sacramento areas. At the age of 14, he taught himself to play the piano. At the age of seven, he would take the cover out of a CD case and create covers for his own imaginary albums-including a tracklist with song lengths-before he could even make music. He never met his father and spent his early life living in Hawthorne, moving to Ladera Heights at 17. Tyler Gregory Okonma was born on March 6, 1991, in Hawthorne, California, the son of a Nigerian father with Igbo ancestry and an American mother of mixed African-American and European-Canadian descent.
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Okonma also founded and operated the streaming service Golf Media between 20, which contained original scripted series from Tyler and a livestream of each Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival.
In 2011, Okonma founded the streetwear brand Golf Wang and then began the annual music festival Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in 2012. Īs a visual artist, Okonma has created the cover art for Odd Future's releases, their clothing, and other merchandise. Okonma's later albums, Flower Boy (2017), Igor (2019) and Call Me If You Get Lost (2021), were all released to widespread critical acclaim, with the latter two debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 and each winning Best Rap Album at the 20 Grammy Awards, respectively.
His 2015 album Cherry Bomb featured a greater focus on melody and jazz-fused sounds which has continued throughout his later discography. Beginning with his second album Wolf (2013), Okonma began moving away from his stylistic horrorcore towards a more alternative hip hop sound. His debut studio album Goblin (2011), brought him mainstream exposure aided by the popularity of the single " Yonkers" and its accompanying music video during this period Odd Future gained rapid popularity and Okonma faced controversy over his lyrics. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bastard in 2009 and rapidly gained attention among the online music press for his horrorcore-influenced sound and violent, transgressive lyrical content. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), professionally known as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer.
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