Tyler, The Creator

Tyler, The Creator is a rapper and producer distinguished above all other singular qualities by his gravelly voice and an irascible disposition befitting a collision-shop owner. He appeared in the late 2000s as a founding member of Odd Future, an outlandish teenaged alternative rap crew that gradually permeated the mainstream as it begat a multitude of related projects. Most of these recordings, including Earl Sweatshirt's Earl, Odd Future's Top Ten The OF Tape, Vol. 2, and Frank Ocean's Grammy-winning Channel Orange, were made with Tyler's deep involvement. Amid this whirlwin...