Tyler, the Creator wants to use his real name more often.
Tyler, the Creator recently launched his new luxury fashion brand Golf Le Fleur, and he welcomed the likes of Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Andre 300, Jay-Z and more at his Malibu pop-up shop. Now the rapper sat down with Fash Company’s Mark Wilson for a new interview. Among other things, the “Call Me If You Get Lost” artist talked about the origin of his stage name, and his desire to use the real name more often.
“My stage name was from, I made a MySpace page when I was 13… I had 3 of them, one was regular for friends, another one was for something else, and then the third one was just ideas, I would put drawings and photos I would take and I would upload beats on there,” he said. “I started using that one more and random people from Kentucky would be, like, ‘Cool beats, bro!’ And so I just kept the Tyler, The Creator thing going and, you know, I’m 17 in high school, around LA, the name’s getting around, and I kind of just kept it as my stage name.”
He continues, “It’s really dumb but it stuck with me so it just works. But my full name, Tyler Okonma, in all caps just looks really cool. So you might see more of that, I don’t know, I’m getting older and I think when people get older they start to realize sh*t, you just start changing.”
Check out the interview below.
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UPDATE: Tyler, the Creator has clarified that he won’t be changing his name, but will only use his last name more often.
I NEVER SAID I WAS CHANGING MY NAME, ARE YOU STUPID? YES
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) December 30, 2021
WILL EMBRACE MY LAST NAME MORE, LESS WOLF HALEY, NEVER SAID I WAS GONNA CHANGE MY STAGE NAME, WHAT YO EARS ON BRO?
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) December 30, 2021
INTERVIEWER ASKED ABOUT MY STAGE NAME, I EXPLAINED HOW I GOT IT, I JOKED ABOUT IT BEING DUMB BUT KEPT IT. TALKED ABOUT MY AFRICAN LAST NAME HOW I WANT TO EMBRACE IT NOW THAT IM OLDER AND HAVE A NEW VIEW ON IT. SITES SAYS IM CHANGING IT. FALSE. FROM THE SOURCE IN CASE U BELIEVED https://t.co/5AUTXZhg5P
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) December 30, 2021
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