Tyler The Creator

Background

Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known as Tyler The Creator, was born in a Nigerian and African-American family. Although he never met his dad, his mom kept supporting him during his childhood and always had his back for every interest he expressed. He was certainly on his way to becoming a producer since he was a child, as he would take the covers off CDs in his house and design his own album covers with fictitious songs and names.

After attending schooling for 12 years, he started having short-term jobs at “FedEx” and “Starbucks.” In the meantime — as any teen of his generation — he created a “MySpace” page in the mid-2000s in which he shared every artistic facet of his life. That page served as his pinboard and desk, and he had a thirst to share all his wildest ideas, be they drawn, sung, or musicalized in the next hot beats of the decade.

Though his “MySpace” user reached online popularity, he co-founded the hip hop collective “Odd Future” to materialize and bring closer to reality his dream of being one of the best rappers out there. The collective released its first mixtape in 2008, and the group had such a natural talent that only three years later each of its members was signed by “Red Distribution” and “Sony”. The likes of Jay-Z, Steve Rifkind, and Rick Ross were already interested and enthusiastic about Okonma’s prospect of a rapping career. He went on to become one of the most recognized artists in the U.S/ and reach first place twice in “Billboards 200.”