The rapper released his new album, “Chromakopia,” on Monday, and briefly dethroned Taylor Swift atop the global Spotify chart.
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Grammy-winning rap star Tyler, the Creator slammed fans of Taylor Swift while on stage in Boston on Thursday night, calling them “racist” in response to social media posts made by some Swifties criticizing the rapper’s decade-plus-old lyrics they deemed offensive.Key Facts
Tyler, the Creator, whose real name is Tyler Okonma, said Thursday he “got Swifties all mad at me with their racist ass, bringing up old lyrics, b*tch, go listen to ‘Tron Cat,’ I don’t give a f*ck,” referencing a 2011 song with lyrics some social media users, including some who identify themselves as Swift fans, had criticized, calling them problematic.
Though it’s unclear why some Swift fans circulated screenshots of Tyler, the Creator’s old lyrics and social media posts this week, the controversy ignited soon after the rapper briefly overtook Swift as the No. 1 artist on global Spotify, the chart Swift has topped for the vast majority of this year.
