Tyler, The Creator rose as a founding member of the Odd Future collective, who largely leaned into extreme depictions of violent acts in some of their early works. This week, Tyler, The Creator has deactivated his X account and fans seem to believe it’s connected to some of his old tweets.
Tyler, The Creator, now 35, found fame with Odd Future at 18 and unleashed a barrage of acclaimed, if often alarming releases that fit his former collective’s motif of edgy content for the sake of shock and awe. That same approach carried over to Tyler’s social media presence, in particular X, formerly Twitter, where he amassed a large following.
In times past, Tyler has landed in hot water due to his past tweets that have made offensive remarks against celebrities, casual use of the n-word, dropping the f-bomb, and all manner of insults for reasons that may only be attributed to the wildness of youth. He has long since relaxed the edgier persona but as always, the Internet is forever.
While Tyler has indeed matured, his zany, outsized personality remained as much as his talent and artistry grew. These days, Tyler hobnobs with many of his personal heroes, including Pharrell Williams and has gone on to create well-rounded music far removed from his teen rapper past.
There was also another brewing controversy regarding another popular X user, FlyOutChase, who was outed for making offensive tweets about underaged girls with sexually suggestive and offensive overtones. Some believe that FlyOutChase getting exposed inspired Tyler to end his time on X.
On X, fans are remarking about Tyler, The Creator deactivating his X account and sharing some of those aforementioned inflammatory tweets. We’ve got reactions from all sides below.
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