Tyler toured North America and Europe in March and April 2013. The show ran for three seasons and featured appearances from Lil Wayne, Johnny Knoxville, and Seth Rogan, among others. "Loiter Squad" premiered on Adult Swim on March 25, 2012.
Tyler made his television debut on February 16, 2011, when he and Odd Future's Hodgy Beats performed "Sandwitches" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." In early 2011, Tyler told fans via his Formspring account that Odd Future was planning to establish their own TV show called "Loiter Squad." Dickhouse Productions, the production company that created "Jackass," was tapped to produce the 15-minute live-action show of various sketches, man on the street segments, pranks and music made by Odd Future. His debut album, "Goblin," was released on May 10, 2011. Tyler and Odd Future signed a deal with Red Distribution/Sony in April 2011. Tyler won the 2011 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for "Yonkers." The buzz around Tyler in 2011 brought him to the attention of a number of music industry people including Jimmy Iovine, Rick Ross, Steve Rifkind, and Jay-Z. On February 11, 2011, Tyler released the music video for "Yonkers." The video got the attention of a number of media outlets and consequently, an extended version of the video with an additional verse was made available on iTunes. On Christmas Day 2009, Tyler self-released his first solo mixtape "Bastard." This mixtape made Pitchfork Media's Top Albums of 2010 list, coming in at 32nd.
Their debut mixtape "The Odd Future Tape" was self-released in November 2008. His Tyler the Creator stage name comes from his Myspace page.Ĭareer: Tyler co-founded the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future in 2007 with Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, and Casey Veggies. During these years he worked at FedEx for two weeks and Starbucks for two years. In his 12 years of school, he attended 12 different schools in the Los Angeles and Sacramento areas. He taught himself to play the piano at age 14. When he was seven, he started taking the covers out of albums and creating his own covers and tracklists (with song lengths) for his own imaginary albums before he could even play or make music. He spent his childhood in the Greater Los Angeles area neighborhoods of Ladera Heights and Hawthorne. His father, whom he has never met, is Nigerian. His mother is of mixed African-American and European-Canadian descent. Tyler The Creator net worth: Tyler The Creator is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, fashion designer, graphic designer, and actor who has a net worth of $16 million.Įarly Life: Tyler Gregory Okonma was born in Ladera Heights, California on March 6, 1991.