Tyler Gregory Okonma was born on 6th March 1991, in Ladera Heights, California USA, and is a rapper, musician, producer and fashion designer, perhaps best known as the leader of the alternative hip hop music band Odd Future, and has produced almost all the band’s works. Okonma has also created all the artwork for the group’s publications, and had designed all their clothes too. Tyler has been active in the entertainment industry since 2007.
How much is the net worth of Tyler The Creator? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $6 million, as of the data presented at the very end of 2017. Music is the major source of Tyler’s modest fortune.
Tyler, The Creator (rapper) Net Worth $6 Million
To begin with, the boy was raised in Los Angeles, California. At sevn years of age, Tyler created covers of his imaginary albums, including a list of songs, all before he could even make music. During his twelve years at school, he was educated at twelve different schools, in Los Angeles and Sacramento, but meantime teaching himself to play the piano.
Concerning his professional career, Tyler independently released his first album “Bastard” at the end of 2009, which reached the 32nd position on Pitchfork Media’s list of the Best Albums 2010. At the beginning of 2011, Tyler released the music video of “Yonkers”, the first single from his second album “Goblin” (2011), which attracted the attention of a huge audience, and after which Tyler announced that he had signed a contract with the label XL Recordings.
Tyler and fellow Odd Future Hodgy Beats became famous after playing the single “Sandwitches” in the late night television show with Jimmy Fallon. Later, Tyler and Hodgy together with the other members of the Odd Future played “Yonkers” and “Sandwitches” during the MTVU Woodie Awards 2011, and Tyler won the MTV Video Music Award as the Best New Artist in 2011. Afterwards, Tyler has released studio albums “Wolf” (2013) and “Cherry Bomb” (2015). On 21st July 2017, he released his fourth studio album entitled “Flower Boy”, his first release with a major label (Columbia Records), recorded and produced entirely by Tyler The Creator himself, and featuring the participation of artists among others Frank Ocean, Anna of the North, Lil Wayne and Rex Orange County. The album is eclectic and there are many textures and techniques of experimental recording and composition. Overall, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Tyler The Creator net worth.
On the other hand, Tyler has often been accused of homophobia, especially because of his frequent use of the term fagot in his own texts and on Twitter. Tyler has also been criticized for his description of violence against women and misogynistic texts. At the end of 2011, Tyler was arrested during a performance at the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, as he was suspected of vandalism due to the alleged destruction of audio equipment belonging to the venue. He was released after paying a deposit of $20,000.
Finally, in the personal life of Tyler the Creator, he is gay, revealing that he had a boyfriend at the age of 15. Currently, he is still officially single.
