Tyler, the Creator says Roc-A-Fella, Shady Records were his inspiration while growing up.
Tyler, the Creator was the guest on the latest episode of De La Soul‘s Apple Music 1 show Art Official Intelligence Radio, for the celebration of the 35th anniversary of their classic project “3 Feet High and Rising.” During the conversation, Tyler recalled his early age in the 2000s, and how labels like Roc-A-Fella and Shady Records inspired his hip-hop music collective Odd Future.
“Man, I grew up in the year 2000, I was eight turning nine,” he said. “So I’m looking at like eight, turning nine. So let’s say it’s 2002, 10 turning 11.”
He continued, “You’ve got Jay with the whole Roc-A-Fella, you’ve got Shady, Aftermath, you have all these different crews that felt like family. Nas was bringing Queensbridge group like Jungle and them out. Ni–as had this thing. So in my formative years, I’m just watching these crews.”
“And I’m from Los Angeles, so gang culture is already a prevalent thing, but I feel like just the main layer of that is a family-knitted thing like, ‘No, these are my boys, you come with me.’”
Odd Future, also known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, was formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007. The collective had artists like Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, Casey Veggies, Matt Martians and more.
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