U-Tyler, Umdali uyiciko le-rap, umenzi wezigqi kanye nomdidiyeli wase-California osekwaziwa ku-inthanethi hhayi ngomculo kuphela, kodwa nangokucasula. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumculi oyedwa, lo mculi uphinde waba ngumgqugquzeli wemibono futhi wadala iqoqo le-OFWGKTA. Kwakungenxa yeqembu ukuthi athole ukuthandwa kwakhe kokuqala ekuqaleni kwawo-2010.
Manje umculi usenama-albhamu angu-6 namaqoqo angu-4 ebhendi. Ngo-2020, lo mculi waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Rap Record.
Ubuntwana nobusha uTyler, uMdali
UTyler Gregory Okonma igama langempela lomculi. Wazalwa ngoMashi 6, 1991 eLadera Heights, eCalifornia. Lo mculi wakhulela emndenini ongaphelele. Ubaba ubengahlali nabo futhi engabambi iqhaza ekukhuliseni ingane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umfana akazange ambone. Umculi une-African-American kanye ne-European-Canadian (esuka ohlangothini lukamama) kanye nezimpande zaseNigeria (ezivela ohlangothini lukababa).
Ngokuyisisekelo, umculi wachitha ubuntwana bakhe emadolobheni aseLadera Heights naseHorton nonina nodadewabo. UTyler waya esikoleni iminyaka engu-12 futhi washintsha izikole ezingu-12 ngalesi sikhathi. Eqinisweni, waqala unyaka nonyaka esikoleni esisha. Phakathi nezifundo zakhe, wayengenandaba futhi enamahloni, kodwa waduma ngonyaka wakhe wokugcina. Khona-ke abafundi afunda nabo bafunda ngamakhono akhe omculo futhi baqala ukubonisa ukunaka okukhulu kumculi osafufusa.
Uthando lukaTyler ngomculo lwabonakala esemncane. Lapho eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, wadweba izembozo zamarekhodi acatshangelwayo emabhokisini amakhadibhodi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umfana uphinde wabhala uhlu lwezingoma angathanda ukuzifaka ku-albhamu, kanye nobude bazo. Lapho eseneminyaka engu-14, lo mculi wanquma ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ufuna ukuhlanganisa impilo yakhe nomculo. Wabe eseqala ukufunda ukudlala upiyano futhi ngesikhathi esifushane wakwazi ukuba umdlali wopiyano onekhono.
Esemusha, uTyler wayekujabulela nokudlala ezemidlalo. Wazazi kalula izinto ezintsha zokuzilibazisa. Wake wanikezwa i-skateboard ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa. Ngaphambi kwalokho, wayengakaze ame ebhodini. Nokho, ngafunda ukuyisebenzisa ngokudlala umdlalo we-Pro Skater 4 nokubuka amavidiyo ku-inthanethi.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni, waya emsebenzini futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wafunda umculo. Indawo yokuqala yokuqashwa kwakuyisevisi yeposi ye-FedEx, kodwa usonkontileka akazange ahlale lapho isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto amabili. Ngemuva kwalokho, wasebenza njenge-barista yochungechunge lwekhofi oludumile i-Starbucks iminyaka emibili.
Umsebenzi womculo njengomculi
Umrepha ukhiphe amaculo akhe okuqala kuMySpace. Kulapho aqhamuke negama lesiteji elithi Tyler, The Creator. Ngenxa yokuthi ubhale izingoma zakhe, ikhasi lakhe lithole isimo esithi The Creator. Yonke into ihlangene ifundeka njengoTyler, The Creator, ebonakala kumculi wokuqala iwumqondo omuhle wegama-mbumbulu.
Ngo-2007, ekanye nabangane bakhe uHodgy, Left Brain kanye noCasey Veggies, u-Okonma wanquma ukwakha ibhendi ye-Odd Future (OFWGKTA). Lo mculi wabamba iqhaza ekubhaleni nasekuqopheni i-albhamu yokuqala ethi The Odd Future Tape. Abaculi bayikhiphe ngoNovemba 2008. Umculi we-rap ubezibandakanye ekudaleni izingoma eqenjini kwaze kwaba ngu-2012.
I-albhamu yokuqala ka-Bastard eyedwa yakhululwa ngo-2009 futhi yaduma ngokushesha. Ngo-2010, incwadi eyaziwa kakhulu ye-intanethi ye-Pitchfork Media yayihlanganisa umsebenzi ohlwini "Ukukhishwa Okungcono Kakhulu Konyaka". Lapho, umsebenzi wathatha isikhundla sama-32. I-albhamu elandelayo yakhululwa ngoMeyi 2011. Ingoma yeYonkers iqokelwe indondo ye-MTV.
Phakathi kuka-2012 no-2017 umculi ukhiphe ama-albhamu amathathu ngaphezulu: Wolf, Cherry Bomb kanye Flower Boy. Isitayela somculo esingavamile sombhalo nokusebenza akuzange kudonse ukunaka kwabalandeli be-hip-hop ne-rap kuphela, kodwa nabagxeki. Umrepha waze wakwazi ukuthatha indawo yesi-9 ohlwini lwe- "The Best Rappers Under 25" (ngokwe-Complex).
Ngo-2019, uTyler, The Creator wakhipha i-albhamu ye-IGOR eyembulayo. Izingoma ezisakazwa kakhulu yilezi: I-EARFQUAKE, IYAPHELA ISIKHATHI, NGIYACABANGA. Umdwebi wenza umsebenzi ngesitayela se-postmodernism, ehlanganisa izitayela zomculo ezingafani. Abagxeki abaningi babiza le albhamu ngokuthi "umsindo we-hip-hop wesikhathi esizayo".
U-Tyler, uMdali usola i-homophobia nokucwasa ngokobulili
Ezinye zezingoma zalo mrepha ziqukethe imigqa evusa inkanuko lapho esebenzisa khona izinkulumo zokuzonda izitabane. Kaningi emavesini ungezwa amagama "fagot" noma "gay" esetshenziswa esimweni esibi. Ephendula ukucasuka komphakathi, umdwebi uphendule ngokuthi phakathi kwabalaleli bakhe kunenani eliphawulekayo labantu abangahambisani nobulili obungavamile. Abalandeli abacasulwa yizinkulumo ezinjalo, futhi akahlosile ukucasula muntu.
Muva nje uzakwabo nomngani womculi uFrank Ocean uphumele obala watshela “abalandeli” ukuthi uyisitabane. Lo mculi ube ngomunye wabokuqala ukweseka lo mculi esidlangalaleni. Nokho, ngisho nangemva kwalokho, izinsolo zokucwasa abantu bobulili obufanayo azizange zisuswe kuye.
Lo mculi ubuye abizwe ngokuthi ungumuntu ongahloniphi abesifazane. Isizathu salokhu kwakuyimigqa yezingoma, lapho ebiza khona amantombazane ngokuthi "ama-bitches". Kanye nezithombe ezinezici zodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane. Intatheli yakwaTime Out Chicago ishicilele indatshana mayelana ne-albhamu yesibili eyedwa i-Goblin. Uveze umbono wokuthi indikimba yodlame ezingomeni iphethe zonke ezinye.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaTyler Okonma
Imithombo esemthethweni ayinikezi ulwazi mayelana nengxenye yesibili yomdlali. Nokho, kukhona amahlebezi kuyi-Internet ukuthi uyisitabane. Umngani wakhe uJaden Smith (indodana yomlingisi odumile uWill Smith) wake wathi uTyler uyisoka lakhe. Ulwazi lwasakazwa ngokushesha ngabasebenzisi kanye nabezindaba. Kodwa-ke, u-Okonma uthe bekuyihlaya.
Lo mculi uthanda ukwenza ihlaya ngokuthi uyisitabane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, "abalandeli" bathola izinkomba eziningi zokukhanga kwakhe amadoda ku-albhamu yakamuva ye-IGOR. Bekunamahlebezi okuthi lo mculi ujola noKendall Jenner ngo-2016 ngemuva kokubonwa bedla isidlo sakusihlwa ndawonye. Nokho le nhlebo yaqedwa ngesikhathi laba bobabili bememezela kuTwitter ukuthi abathandani.
Tyler, uMdali namuhla
Ngo-2020, lo mculi uthole indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Rap Album of the Year. Khumbula ukuthi ukunqoba kwalethwa kuye nge-disc Igor, ehlanganisa amathrekhi angu-12. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, wabamba amakhonsathi amaningana ezweni lakubo. Ekupheleni kukaJuni 2021, i-Call Me If You Get Lost yakhululwa. I-LP idle ngamaculo angu-16.
