Tyler the Creator

F#$% Valentine's Day! Top Ten Anti-Love Songs

Valentine's Day really blows. If you're single, lovey-dovey shit will be rubbed in your face at every turn. And if you're not single, you've got to come up with some kind of sappy, cheesy display of affection or else end up in the dog house. And why? Because Hallmark and the damn chocolate compan ... More >>

Julian Consuegra: Punk Rock by Design

Miley Cyrus's Impressive "Lilac Wine" Cover: Is She Underrated, Overrated, or Just Kinda Hot?

See also "Miley Cyrus to Tyler The Creator: 'My Barber Couldn't Even Come Close to the F#$% Job That Is Your Face.'" Miley Cyrus isn't even old enough to drink. But the former Disney star isn't letting that stop her from singing about wine. Yesterday, the 19-year-old singer dropped a cover versi ... More >>

Miley Cyrus to Tyler The Creator: "My 'Barber' Couldn't Even Come Close to the F#$% Job That Is Your Face"

See also "Top Ten Musical Makeover Stunts: From Miley Cyrus to Justin Bieber and Micheal Jackson." Miley Cyrus is a terrible troll. We've all seen her new haircut. (If you haven't, then look at it now.) And everyone on the Internet has an opinion, whether they think it's an awkward case of mange o ... More >>

Four swag suggestions for Odd Future's Adult Swim series, Loiter Squad

Syd Tha Kyd's Free Odd Future Afterparty at Grand Central This Saturday

In two days, millions of non-Irish folks around the world will gather in inauthentic "pubs" for a day of drunken debauchery in the name of St. Patrick. In Miami, however, Tyler, The Creator and his Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All collective will (sweaty) dick slap the Big Mango and Irish tradit ... More >>

Odd Future Announces "Cute" North American Tour With Miami Beach Show on March 17

​Back in April 2012, Odd Future honcho Tyler the Creator "woke up with a sweaty dick," announced an East Coast tour, and snubbed Miami. But that was the last motherfuckin' time that those little OFWGKTA creeps would tell the 305 to go fuck itself. Or not ... Last night, Tyler took to his offici ... More >>

O'Grime Release Cover Art for Pearl Necklace and It's Totally NSFW

Did you hear about O'Grime's New Year's Resolution? Yes, dude, that O'Grime. The big-in-Lithuania, "Kush Smoke and Pussy" guys. Word on the street (and by street, we mean Facebook Chat) is that in 2012 O'Grime is not actually going to give a single fuck. Not one. You didn't see it coming with that ... More >>

Rick Ross Goes Vegan and Four Other Bogus Music Predictions for 2012

​With just a few days left in 2011, we can't help but predict what 2012 has in store. Will the world come to an end? Maybe. Will Barack Obama be re-elected? Hopefully. Will the Miami Heat dominate the NBA? Of course. But what about the music world? What changes will it see in 2012? What's going ... More >>

Top Ten Absolute Worst Music Trends of 2011

​Every generation lampoons those that came before it. Nothing is easier to parody than the '60s: the hair, the beads, the vibes, maaan. In the '70s, everybody's pants were fucking huge, until their hair got Bride of Frankenstein-huge in the '80s, thanks to all that blow and yacht rock. Unfortuna ... More >>

Tyler, The Creator Is Bored With Rape: Five Totally Random Directions for His New Album

Odd Future leader and notorious lyrical provocateur Tyler, The Creator recently explained to Spin Magazine that his signature hateful and sordid subject matter -- like rape and dismemberment -- "just doesn't interest me anymore." Well, if you're not stabbing Bruno Mars and transcribing snuff films, ... More >>

Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Tour at BankAtlantic Center and American Airlines Arena November 14 and 15

Five Swag Rappers Who Should Crash the Sucker Free Awards

Will Das Racist show up at the Sucker Free Awards? ​We just got off the phone with our bookie. Chasing that Sucker Free paper, Crossfade dropped a fat stack on a four category parlay -- Rookie of the Year, Best Crew, Song of the Year, and Who's Got Next -- and $500 in side bets. Tyler, The Crea ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled Performing at MTV's Sucker Free Awards in Miami

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Ten Best Halloween Parties in Miami

Photo by Justin Namon​Back when you were just a seven-year-old sugar junkie, Halloween was a pretty simple gig. It was all about dressin' up like a murderer, hittin' the streets after dark, and gettin' that candy. But then you got too old to Trick or Treat. And that's the moment when All Hallows' ... More >>

Odd Future at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 31

Odd Future, We Hate You and Your Youthfulness

​"What's you name?" Tyler Okonma asks an audience member in Minneapolis. The guy in the crowd introduces himself as Melvin. Naturally, Okonma replies, "I fucking hate you, Melvin." In a 12-month span, Tyler, The Creator, and his gang of street punks have gone from relative West Coast obscurity t ... More >>

Odd Future Records Signs Young Nigga, Listen to Debut Track "Come Threw Looking Clean"

​Odd Future Records had zero intention of ever signing anyone. Period. But when the opportunity to lock down Young Nigga came about, the L.A.-based crew couldn't help but offer the dude a deal. That's right ... OFWGKTA has signed an outsider. A press release sent out moments ago states: "While ... More >>

Free Mixtape: Odd Future's Domo Genesis Drops Under the Influence

​In the beginning, Domo Genesis dropped Rolling Papers, an ode to getting high in the guise of mixtape. Pardon the pun, but it was dope. Now, Odd Future's squinty-eyed stoner is back with a new mixtape, Under the Influence. Yesterday afternoon at 4:20 p.m., Domo released his sophomore effort v ... More >>

Loiter Squad: Four Swag Suggestions for Odd Future's Adult Swim Series

He's "a fucking walking paradox."​In less than a year, the LA-based Odd Future crew's gone from relative obscurity to total fucking superstardom. They're slanging dick with supermodels at Fashion Week, headlining Alexander Wang's frat-themed closing party, and Tyler the Creator's spilling drinks o ... More >>

Das Racist Reschedule Langerado Date at Grand Central October 9

Photo by Simon Wald-LasowskiDas Racist​With Langerado acts like Arctic Monkeys and Ghostland Observatory rebooked at Broward venues, we suspected it was only a matter of time before Miami got some of the other defaulted acts. First one announced: Das Racist at Grand Central, which was confirmed ye ... More >>

A Day in the Life of Odd Future: Pissing People Off and Slapping Plastic Bitches

​Loitering outside Burger King. Pimp slapping plastic bitches on a street corner. Bumping Waka Flocka Flame while driving down the block sans safety belts. Yeah, Odd Future crew's hard as fuck, yo. Well before OFWGKTA was on GLADD's radar or Jimmy Fallon was piggybacking Tyler the Creator on nati ... More >>

Metro Zu and O'Grime for the Crossfade music series at the Stage August 25

Ten Nastiest Feuds in the History of Pop Music

Mick and Keith might look chummy. But they ain't.​Yesterday, Crossfade reported on Steve Albini's recent beef with Odd Future. Here's the gist: After getting stuck on an airport shuttle with the rambunctious hip-hop collective, the notoriously cranky producer and musician wrote a post on his r ... More >>

Five Things Odd Future Forgot for Their Golf Wang Tour Swag Packages

Are Odd Future's stickers really all that "swag"?​In conjunction with Odd Future's upcoming tour of the U.S. (and Canada!), the hip-hop collective is offering Golf Wang Tour Swag Packages as part of ticket purchases through their website. The West Coast hip-hop collective is currently offering tw ... More >>

Odd Future Announces Halloween Show at the Fillmore Miami Beach

​Last night, Tyler the Creator tweeted the meaty schedule for hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All's upcoming Golf Wang Tour 2011. Not only will the raunchy sultans of swag be performing here in the 305 on Halloween night, but the show is another in a steady stream of solid F ... More >>

Ten Reasons the MTV Video Music Awards Are a Total Joke

​The MTV Video Music Awards are a sham. Every year, the network interrupts its regularly scheduled scraping-the-barrel reality television programming to pretend that there are people over at MTV who actually listen to music. To soften the blow of turning its focus away from pregnant teens and p ... More >>

Four Ways To Protest Odd Future at Pitchfork Music Festival

​Yesterday afternoon, we reported on the looming protests over the announcement that swag-style rap group Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All would be performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival.  The controversy greatly recalls the Eminem Dialogue of the early 2000s in which the platinum cert ... More >>

Odd Future Reignites The Perennial War Between Art and Feelings

Tyler, the Creator​The swag-hop absurdists of rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them are once again being called out for what critics decry as misogyny and homophobia in their lyrics. A few months ago, Sara, from Tegan and Sara, wrote a blog attacking Tyler The Creator, as well as his music ... More >>

Five Best Music Videos of 2011 ... So Far

Tyler the Creator plays with roaches.​Over the past decade, MTV has attempted to murder the art of the music video by giving reality shows incessant airtime and even removing the phrase Music Television from the network logo. But bands and solo acts are still constantly churning out quality video ... More >>

Odder Future: A Deep and Weird Look at the OFWGKTA Discography

Tyler the Creator isn't the limit of OFWGKTA.​With the formal release of Tyler the Creator's first non-self-released full-length record, Goblin, the MC has been the focus of all the hype surrounding Los Angeles-based (and young as hell) hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. But ... More >>

N.E.R.D. to Kanye to Odd Future: five key moments in hipster-hop