Tyler, The Creator Wears Palestine Pin For Coachella Headline Performance

Tyler, The Creator sported a pro-Palestine pin during his headline Coachella set on Saturday.

The rapper made his return to the festival with a career-spanning set, all while sporting a pin of the Palestine flag. The record producer also wore a pin for Congo, which highlights the humanitarian disaster in both countries.

He was met with an extensive amount of support and praise for the accessory, with many stating thanking the "New Magic Wand" artist for the move, being labeled as the "GOAT" and "King."

"I already loved Tyler the Creator but him wearing a Palestine pin at Coachella is the most baller move he has ever made," a fan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"Tyler the creator really decided to give us performance of the YEAR. the setlist, visuals, jokes, singing with kali, rocky, gambino, charlie wilson, AND he wore a palestine pin?? we f-ing love you," another viewer said on the platform.

Tyler, The Creator recruited some A-List special guests for surprise musical performances during the set. Childish Gambino came out for a rendition of "Running Out Of Time" off of Tyler's 2019 record Igor. A$AP Rocky then joined him for a performance of "Potato Salad," which segued into "Who Dat Boy." Rocky's girlfriend, Rihanna, was also present at the festival for his performance.

His 21-song set also featured tracks like "Lemonhead," "Lumberjack," "Best Interest," "Sorry Not Sorry," "Yonkers," "Smuckers," and "Odd Toddler." Other special guests included Kali Uchis, who appeared for a rendition of "See You Again" and Charlie Wilson, who hopped on for a piano performance of "Earfquake."

Tyler, The Creator was not the only artist honoring Palestine during the California-based music festival. Jerusalem-native Saint Levant shed light on the conflict during his set, performing a unifying song from an upcoming project that delves into his own upbringing.

"I was born in Jerusalem and raised in Gaza," Saint Levant said, with the camera panning to spectators holding a Palestine flag in the front row. "As I hope you are all aware, people of Gaza have been undergoing a brutal, brutal genocide for the past six months and the people of Palestine have been undergoing a brutal occupation for the past 75 years."

The artist went on to discuss his new musical project, which is titled Deira, named after a hotel that his father built in Gaza that was bombed three months ago.

"All of my childhood memories were there, but we Palestinians only know resilience and we will return and we will rebuild," he said, before performing his song "From Gaza With Love."

Both artists will return to the festival for its second weekend, which kicks off on Friday, April 19.

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