Tyler, The Creator Says He’s No Longer Depressed
The breakup of Odd Future has predictably sent the group's diehard legion of fans into a frenzy. Yesterday (June 18), a fan posted a lengthy tirade about Tyler, The Creator called called "I'm done with Tyler" on OFWGKTA's Reddit page. The fan claims that he has outgrown Tyler and he is "tired of his arrogant, braggadocios and unretalable (sic) recent attitude." The author of the post also writes that Tyler has been "kind of sneak-dissing Earl/Kendrick by saying conscious rap/deep rap is bad." To close, the writer wrote, "Yes, I know he's happy now and that's great. But he's gotta realize many of the old fans aren't big on this new stuff. And being happy doesn't = saying you're happy all the time. It means making great stuff. Some of which he's done. But for the most part, I'm over it..."
The thread caught Tyler's attention and the rapper posted a lengthy response of his own about how he has evolved as an artist and a person and touched on Odd Future's current situation. Below is an excerpt of the Tyler's writeup:
he said he releated to me when i was depressed and living with my grandmother.
dude, that was in 2011. its 2015, if he really thinks that 4 years later i would still be living on my dead grandmothers floor, and still be sad with all these amazing things happening around me, then he is stuck in 2011. and i dont mean that in a bad way, when you have a favorite artist, you tend to grasp onto an era, trust me i do that with artist that i love but i also know they grow and see new things and change and mature and all of that. im sorry that im not in the same place to talk about those things that were happening in 2011. i dont know what to tell you, my life is in a different spot right now and like on every album, i talk about whats going on in my life AT THAT MOMENT. shit, that would be sooo sad if i was making the same album over and over again. and when i talk about depressed stuff, i know niggas who think its cool as fuck to be sad and negative. i remember being in a somewhat dark spot and now that im not there i understand that its not healthy and it sucks, that shit is NOT TIGHT and it sometimes rubs off on others, you dont have as much fun and blah blah but take that how you want dude
he said that "hes not suprised that OF dont hang around ME anymore". ok, im not gonna go into that. the thing that does suck is that people that dont know what goes on in our personal lives always seems to think they know whats really going on. trust me, you dont know. and to read that comment made me kinda bummed, cause the tone made it seem like im sus or the bad guy, ha.
i never said anything about kendrick and thebe, in that interview i do recall said its either you talking about trapping and selling drugs, or doing the opposite talking about black power and all that. dont twist my fucking words dude.