In 2011 when a fresh-faced 20-year-old Californian music prodigy Tyler The Creator made his debut at Roskilde under the auspices of the infamous Odd Future ...
There was also time for a delivery of the reggae-esque ‘Sweet / I Thought you Wanted to Dance’, stamping his versatility, not that this ever was in doubt, on the proceedings. He nonchalantly introduced himself (under the assumption that there may be some present who didn’t know who he was) and what was going to happen. Tyler himself rolled onto the stage in a wheelchair, his leg shattered from a recent injury, and the show was a raucous, rowdy affair that culminated in Tyler stage-diving (yes, in his wheelchair) onto a crowd that carried him aloft for several minutes before the safety personnel at the classic Cosmopol Stage had had enough and pulled the plug.
The Game tells HipHopDX about the time Tyler, The Creator chased him down Fairfax after he stole his skateboard.
“It’s a California thing, and I got respect for him and his hustle and what they’re doing and just being kids and being rebels for the cause. “What a fucking talent, an amazing guy,” he said. Tyler does asshole shit all the time so it was dope to give him a little bit of his own medicine.” They thought I was coming to say what’s up, but I took his skateboard and jumped back in the car and I left. EXCLUSIVE – The Game famously teamed up with Tyler, The Creator and Lil Wayne on “Martians vs. “He was just chilling and I jumped out the car.