Tyler, The Creator has revealed that he has a favorite member of G-Unit and it’s not who most would expect.
50 Cent is most fans’ pick but Tyler has different thoughts and said that Lloyd Banks is his favorite rhymer from the seminal New York rap crew.
A fan on social media posted a mashup of Tyler’s “Hot Wind Blows” along with Banks’ “I’m So Fly” with the clip eventually catching the attention of the Odd Future founder.
In response, Tyler revealed that he was a day one fan of Banks: “sick. bought hunger for more the day it came out. banks was my fav from g-unit.”
sick. bought hunger for more the day it came out. banks was my fav from g-unit https://t.co/7S9UOk716j
— T (@tylerthecreator) August 13, 2025
Banks saw Tyler’s post and responded “Appreciate it.”
Tyler recently explained his creative philosophy in a conversation with Zane Lowe for Apple Music.
He said: “I didn’t wanna be precious. I didn’t want to spend three years and try to be super innovative. … I made an album, I was done.”
Tyler went on to explain: “I was just gonna upload that muthafucka the moment it was done and continue moving on with my life because I just wanted it out. And it’s so easy to design your own handcuffs, lock yourself up, and put the key over there that just turns…into pressure, whether it’s from you or fans.”
He added: “People end up scared and not putting albums out for 15 years because they feel like they always have to — ‘I got to make the most innovative, best stuff.’ And sometimes, man, that song is good. Just put that bitch out. ‘Cause when n-ggas is 80 years old, you really think [you] about to sit here [with] all this great music on a hard drive, be like, ‘Oh fuck, it wasn’t…’ Fuck it, put it out.”
The “Sticky” rapper concluded by saying: “But the beauty in it is like my idea on that might change tomorrow. I might work on something new be like, ‘Oh, I gotta spend five years on this album and this bridge and get these strings right.’ But where I’m at now, I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I just wanna make stuff and put it out like when I was 17,’ ’cause that shit was just fun and free.”
