"It feels like every few years Tyler, the Creator does something that leads to everyone re-litigating his past as an angry 4-Chan-adjacent troll who used to rap a bunch of murder and rape lyrics and tweet racist shock humor. It's almost a tradition at this point when people who only know Tyler from his post-edgelord pivot are confronted with the raps that made him famous in the first place."
"If you've ever paid significant attention to Tyler, you know he can be kind of a smug asshole about, well, everything and everyone. He is a guy with endless self-confidence and an self-centered outlook on life that doesn't often extend much empathy to people who aren't like him. This is part of what made him an appealing star at the start of the 2010s."
Tyler, the Creator built early fame on shock humor, trolling, and deliberately provocative lyrics that invoked violent and racist imagery. He frequently refuses to show remorse, often framing those moments as jokes and blaming critics for taking them seriously. A recent heartfelt tribute to D'Angelo was met with mockery by some fans, which reignited interest in his past tweets and songs. Tyler projects strong self-confidence and a self-centered outlook that limits empathy for those unlike him. That persona—ironic, digitally native, musically broad, and multi-disciplinary—shaped his early appeal and informed much of his lyrical content.
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