The 11 members on the recording side specialize in splattering today’s adolescent experience onto tape. Known to fans as Tyler, the Creator (the superfluous comma is intentional), he’s the founder of and de facto spokesman for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, a Los Angeles-based collective of rappers, producers, skateboarders, filmmakers, designers and general miscreants, all in their late teens and early 20s. The bright-eyed and buzzing teen is also rap’s most buzzed-about new star - and quite possibly an emerging threat to both decency-minded parent groups and the major-label infrastructure.
Tyler himself is proof that first impressions are unreliable. He looks nice, but that’s how they usually are.” Flipping to a portrait of a seemingly jolly, fat-faced man he pauses. He shows off a sketchbook filled with his brightly colored marker drawings of doughnuts and cats, ideas for clothing designs and chicken-scratch poetry. His imagination travels as he pretends to be a secret agent, or that the room’s furniture is slowly coming to life. For hours Tyler remains tethered to one spot on the bed, yet he seems to be moving constantly.
