Tyler the Creator ‘Hot Ones’ Apology: Rapper Wants Better Music Journalism

"Hot Ones" is one of the internet's most beloved YouTube shows where celebrities, musicians, and even singers sit down with Sam Evans, the host, and eat a board of hot chicken wings drizzled in hot sauces which also gradually increases on the Scoville scale.

The show has become a popular outlet and part of some press tours when releasing their new music or promoting their new show.

Tyler the Creator has recently expressed his stern thoughts about "Hot Ones" and music journalism, in general.

Tyler The Creator 'Hot Ones' Issue

When Tyler spoke to The Human Serviette Nardwuar at his Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, he pointed out that artists should start talking more about their new music instead of giving in to tabloid gossip.

"Music is my favourite thing and I could talk about it all day," Tyler told Narduwar. "But we're at a point where a musician who you know for music is being interviewed on a platform about music, talking in detail about music - his passion and what he's known for - and people are like, 'Why does he keep doing that?'"

While Tyler's interview deserves some merit, he seemed to take on the jugular with his statement afterward.

"We need to stop fu***going sneaker shopping or f***deep-throating hot wings for an hour. Talk about your album. Talk about music. Talk about the 15 songs that you guys have spent time to get mixed and mastered and put your heart into and produced and did all these things," he said, referring to "Hot Ones" and "Sneaker Shopping."

Tyler has always been an outspoken person, so this statement wasn't actually so surprising.

Tyler The Creator 'Hot Ones' Apology

Taking to Twitter/X, Tyler The Creator apologized to everyone for his scathing comment.

He said this: "In the interview, I shared a thought about the lack of journalism in the music/artist that seldomly speak about the music and only gossip etc and used Hot Ones as one of the two examples.

"I could've said one of the podcast/outlets that really pushes the more negative stuff but, in the moment, I didn't. So Sean you didn't really deserve the energy that comes off, wasn't my intention at all although 'deep-throating chicken' sounds hilarious to me," he added.

Sean Evans then had this vague statement to say: 'Deep throating chicken' is a funny turn of a phrase, as always lifetime open invite to the show we'll talk about music."

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