Tyler Okonma was born in Los Angeles, California to a Nigerian father and a mother of African-American and white Canadian descent.He has said he has never met his father,and spent his early life living in the communities of Ladera Heights and Hawthorne in southwest Los Angeles County.At the age of seven, he would take the cover out of an album's case and create covers for his own imaginary albums including a tracklist with song times before he could even make music.At the age of 14, Okonma taught himself how to play piano.In his twelve years of schooling, he attended twelve different schools, in Los Angeles and Sacramento areas.On December 25, 2009, Tyler self-released his first album, Bastard. The album was eventually ranked 32nd on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top Albums of 2010. On February 11, 2011, Tyler released the music video for "Yonkers," the first single from his second album, Goblin, which was released May 10, 2011.After the release of "Yonkers," Tyler announced that he had signed a one-album deal with XL Recordings. Tyler and fellow OF member Hodgy BeatTyler initially announced in early 2011, after Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future announced that they will get their own TV show called Loiter Squad.Wolf was released on April 2, 2013 by Odd Future Records and RED Distribution under Sony Music Entertainment. It featured guest appearances by Frank Ocean, Mike G, Domo Genesis, Earl Sweatshirt, Left Brain. Pharrell, Casey Veggies and Erykah Badu.
TYLER THE CREATOR