Similarly, the clothes he designs are perhaps unlike anything you would expect from a rapper – his show saw pastel pinks clashed with yellows, hoodies emblazoned with colourful flower graphics and prints ranging from zebra to tartan. Against a backdrop of trap and music made specifically for clubs and radio play, his last two albums have been a heady mix of jazz, neo-soul and rock, with features by the likes of Roy Ayers and Erykah Badu. He is loud, profane and undoubtedly contrarian, but he is also driven by originality – his first two albums contained barely a single sample, a rare feat for any artist in a genre built upon the idea. This defiant, fuck-you attitude has long been a signature of the 25-year-old’s work. And because I wear t-shirts and shorts, I’m not all like high fashion they don’t take me seriously.So, I just wanted to make sure when infiltrating their world with my runway show, it was t-shirts and big girls and short guys and black kids on the runway because they don’t accept none of us in that world, for the most part.” “The fashion world, just from what I see it, they don’t let many people in. It’s 2pm on the following Wednesday and it’s the first opportunity he has had to reflect on the show. “It was sick man, I gave niggas who don’t have a voice a voice,” he exclaims in a deep, gravelly tone that belies his tall frame. Five years on from proclaiming he was the devil, the white t-shirt had been replaced by an iridescent bowling shirt – this was Tyler grown up, successful and, ultimately, happy. With cartoon-like clouds projected onto the ceiling and exaggerated plastic daisies and roses lining the stage, the 2,000 fans packed into the complex had come to see Tyler, The Creator’s show for his clothing label Golf Wang, which was showing as part of MADE LA. The same Tyler appeared on a stage in LA little over ten days ago, though he now raps about riding his bike and ‘finding his wings’. It was 2011 and the LA rapper-cum-producer was on the cusp of fame and, at the same time, still sleeping on his grandmother’s couch. The line was the denouement to a six-minute diatribe where the 19-year-old delivered a slew of shockingly candid insights into his life, from his father walking out when he was a child, to thoughts of committing suicide. In the interview, he also opened up about his relationship with Rihanna, who he calls the “love of my life”” and “the One.” “She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones,” he said of the pop icon.“The devil doesn’t wear Prada, I’m clearly in a fucking white tee,” rapped Tyler, The Creator on the opening track of his sophomore album Goblin. “I just express myself with fashion, and what’s fly is fly.” “The nails, the kilts, the pretty-boy swag, the pearls–I think it’s just being comfortable,” he says of his style. But Rocky has never been afraid to push the envelope when it comes to fashion. Rap’s fashion darling rocks bold looks including a Vivienne Westwood kilt, Paco Rabanne headpiece, and $75,000 choker in the GQ shoot. And now, being in hip-hop, I don’t identify with anybody but my real true family and friends.” “People don’t know this, but when we first came into the rap game, we didn’t even like each other.
Tyler also honored his “best friend” at the WSJ. They’ve toured together and starred in a Gucci campaign last year. “yeah suck that fu**ing stomach in you tubby f**k,” joked Tyler, who added the eggplant and heart eyes emojis.īut all jokes aside, Rocky and Tyler’s friendship has been well documented. A post shared by GRIM Rocky posted the avant-garde photos on Instagram, his friend Tyler, the Creator couldn’t help but troll his “Potato Salad” collaborator in the comments.
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