The Odd Future rapper says he was held in a detention room and was shown the controversial lyrics before being told he couldn't enter the country for supporting 'homophobia and acts of terrorism.'
- Sep 2, 2015
AceShowbiz - Tyler, the Creator recently announced that he'd canceled a string of shows scheduled to take place in the U.K. after he's banned from the country. The rapper wasn't allowed to enter the country in 3 to 5 years due to lyrics from his old albums "Bastard" and "Goblin".
Opening up about the ban in a new interview with The Guardian, the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All leader revealed that he was held in a Border Force detention room and was shown the controversial lyrics the U.K. officials took issue with.
"I was in a detention room; I felt like a criminal," he said. "And then [a Border Force officer] showed me lyrics from songs... literally, a paper with five lines of lyrics, and four were from 'Bastard' songs and one was from 'Tron Cat'. I never perform those songs. Thirty minutes later, the guy comes in, he gives me a paper, and he says: 'OK, they're not letting you in the country.' The paper said I couldn't come at all, saying that I support homophobia and acts of terrorism."
Tyler denied being homophobic and explained that the lyrics were written when he was very young. "Now I'm getting treated like a terrorist," he continued. "I'm not homophobic. I've said this since the beginning. The 'hating women' thing ... It's based on things I made when I was super-young, when no one was listening [to my music]."
"This song is written from an alter ego," he added. "I'm not like this! You could watch any interview and see my personality; see the guy I am. I wouldn't hurt a fly."
