Jul 27, 2015 by PAUL THOMPSON The tides have certainly shifted since Eminem’s provocateur heyday at the turn of the century, but that hasn’t stopped some of his disciples from trying. There’s little doubt that the most successful of this crop of artists has been Tyler, The Creator. He carefully and cleverly built his Odd Future Wolf g--- collective into an indie empire, raking in cash from a rabid fan base made up of kids who apparently can never have enough socks. Since he became a national figure at the start of the decade, Tyler has spent his time prodding those in power, especially people with conservative social stances. But now, he’s bumping up against progressive groups. From the looks of his Twitter, Tyler has been bannedfrom Australia. As The Fader points out, this is likely the result of an effort by Collective Shout, a group that aims to protect Australian women. Earlier this year, The Daily Mail covered the group’s effort to keep the rapper out of the country. “The content of the product [Tyler] sells propagates discriminatory ideas about women and other groups,” the group said in a letter, “and represent a danger to a segment of the Australian community on the potential basis of incitement to acts of hatred.” In the past, Collective Shout has tried to get Australia’s government to ban the release of the video for “Monster,” the Jay Z and Nicki Minaj collaboration from Kanye West’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/07/tyler-creator-banned-australia dead at the Eminem mention
Jul 27, 2015 i do think it's interesting that tyler's getting similar reactions to eminem (albeit on a much smaller scale) when his modus operandi is very different
