10 Things We Learned From Tyler, the Creator's Larry King Now Interview
Odd Future front man gets introspective with broadcast vet.
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Creative Genius - Tyler, the Creator checked in with Larry King Now and opened up about a few issues, including the loss of his Mountain Dew deal and where he sits with the use of the N-word.With his focus steady on expanding out of hip hop, Odd Future's front man also discussed what he's doing to cope with "stupid" social media and whether or not fans will ever get more than 15-minutes-a-pop of his hit show Loiter Squad. Read on for the top 10 things we learned about The Goblin creator in this introspective interview. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Ora TV)
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Started From the Bottom - Tyler wasn't always packing concerts and getting the major bucks for his show bookings, but one of his first paid gigs helped fuel his passion. “My first big check came in 2010 at the Low End Theory. It was five of us and they paid us like $500 to do a 30-minute set. We were broke then and we split that and we thought we were so on.”(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)
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Logging Off - Social media has taken over millions of people's lives but Tyler thinks its corrupting the youth. "They’re stupid. The only thing on my phone is Instagram and I use that to post silly/funny photos or photos that I sit and color just to look at pretty photos but I hate all of that s--t, to be honest. I tweet early in the morning when I wake up or late at night just to let you know that I have a show or what’s on my mind and that’s it. I hate Snapchat and all of that. It's making kids so stupid," he said. (Photo: Rahav Segev/Getty Images)
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Maverick - No MC's career lasts forever, but Tyler may walk away from the game before he reaches his peak. “I really want to sing but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want. So now I’m just listening to Isaac Hayes and Barry White and people like that to see how they used their voice but I hate rapping only because it puts you in this box. I’m talented enough to do other things but I’m pretty bored with it and it’s not interesting.” (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Spike)
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Post Racism? - Tyler spoke on his love for offensive language and revealed his favorite word is “f--k.” Being called the N-word also doesn't faze him, no matter the race. "I grew up in a different time where that word is just a word. It is a double standard, though, when someone who doesn't have the same skin tone as me says it, which… is really weird because then they are keeping the original meaning alive and giving certain words power."(Photo: CV_imageSPACE / Splash News)
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Radicals - A lot of hip hop crews form in a basement kicking cyphers, but that's not how Odd Future came about. "My original idea was a magazine which included everything I was into … music, art, movies, skating, clothes, colors, a bike or whatever … All my friendships that I have now is all connected through one of those webs so I'm friends with photographers, people who do music so it just turned into a collective and that's when we just started putting things out."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Spike)
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GOLF - Tyler hates golf, so why did he name his clothing line Golf Wang? "The word looks sick on stuff dude. I don't know why. Those four letters look sick on s--t."(Photo: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
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Felicia the Goat - Tyler caught flack last year when the ads he directed for Mountain Dew came under scrutiny from activist Boyce Watkins and were deemed racist, causing him to lose his endorsement deal. Moving on, The Cali rapper said, "Simple minded people who can't think for themselves decided to agree with this article and Mountain Dew didn't want any bad light on them. So instead of backing me up or standing up for me because they knew it was no type of negative light, they decided to back out and let me be there alone, which worked out for the best and I'm so glad that happened."(Photo: PepsiCo)
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Loiter Squad - Loiter Squad is back for a third season on Adult Swim but don't expect Tyler to take it to the big screen like the Jackass franchise. “Fifteen minutes is already annoying enough. Why the f--k would you want to watch us for an hour and twenty minutes?”(Photo: Adult Swim)
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Racial Profiling - Racial profiling is running rampant, and Tyler isn't exempt. "Sometimes in Beverly Hills," he said, "… Just because I'm a young Black dude and dressed like this, and probably skateboard to Chanel. And they'll think, Oh this dude is window shopping, and then I cop my my mom a really expensive purse and then they treat you different."(Photo: Winston Burris/WENN.com)