Tyler The Creator is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, musician, graphic designer, music video director, and actor. He is known to be among the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. His original name is Tyler Gregory Okonma and he was born to a Nigerian father of Igbo origin and an American mother of mixed African-American and European-Canadian ancestry.
Tyler The Creator: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Tyler Gregory Okonma |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 31 years old (As of 2022) |
| Birth date | March 6, 1991 |
| Place of birth | Hawthorne, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor |
Tyler The Creator’s horrorcore-influenced sound and violent, transgressive lyrical songs have brought him attention and mainstream exposure. He switched from his stylistic horrorcore towards a more alternative hip hop sound. He is the co-founder of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future for which he made the cover art for its releases, clothing, and other merchandise, as a visual artist.
Tyler The Creator is the founder of the streetwear brand Golf Wang. He also founded and operated the streaming service Golf Media between 2015 and 2018, which contained original scripted series from Tyler and a Livestream of each Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. The Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival is an annual music festival that began in 2012.
Tyler The Creator is a beloved personality who has won three BET Hip Hop Awards, a Grammy Award, a BRIT Award, an MTV Video Music Award, and a Grammy Award.
Who Is Tyler the Creator’s, Girlfriend?
Tyler The Creator has been questioned on several occasions about his sexuality. His sexuality has been scrutinized because he hinted that he is gay. He used gay slurs in his raps and that didn’t go down well for part of his fans and the public. He has made direct references during interviews as well revealing he has same-sex attractions.
In a 2015 Rolling Stone interview, he revealed that he is “gay as fuck” and said “My friends are so used to me being gay. They don’t even care.” His lyrics in the Flower Boy lyric said “I been kissing white boys since 2004” while the song “Wilshire” on Call Me If You Get Lost has the lyric “I could fuck a trillion bitches every country I did been in/Men or women, it don’t matter, if I saw ’em, then I had ’em”.
Tyler The Creator has received heavy backlash for his use of homophobic slurs, in particular, his frequent use of the epithet “faggot” in his lyrics and on Twitter. He has denied accusations of homophobia, stating, “I’m not homophobic. I just say faggot and use gay as an adjective to describe stupid shit,” and, “I’m not homophobic. I just think faggot hits and hurts people.”
However, Tyler the Creator has been linked with Reign Judge, an Instagram model, and social media influencer. There are rumors that the two have something between them but there is no assurance of that. In November 2021, Reign attended the LACMA Art + Film Gala with Tyler The Creator.
In 2011, popped up that Tyler was dating a model called Milan Bertone. Milan appeared in Tyler’s music video of his single “She”. There is no assurance of that relationship as they never confirmed it.
Tyler The Creator has reportedly been involved in a relationship with the model, media personality, and socialite, Kendall Jenner in 2016. The rumors got out of hand and Kendall jokingly tweeted at Tyler “apparently we’re dating.” Tyler responded that they couldn’t be dating because they were both gay. Tyler and Kendall have both denied these rumors.
Tyler The Creator is said to have had a relationship with rapper, singer, and actor, Jaden Smith. Jaden was performing at Tyler’s music festival Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival and Music Festival and he referred to Tyler as his boyfriend.
On stage, Jaden said, “I just want to say, Tyler, The Creator is the best friend in the world and I love him so fking much, I wanted to tell you guys something. I want to tell you, Tyler doesn’t want to say, but Tyler is my mother fking boyfriend and he’s been my mother fking boyfriend my whole fucking life. Tyler, The Creator is my fking boyfriend. It’s true.”
Jaden took to Twitter to tweet that Tyler can’t keep denying their relationship now but Tyler responded to the tweet and called Jaden crazy.
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Currently, Tyler The Creator is single. He has not provided the name of his partner to the public so it is assumed that he s single. He might be in a relationship but prefers to keep a low profile about it. We hope he opens up about his relationship so we can update this section.
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