• Odd Future Breakup Permanent? Hodgy Beats Calls Tyler the Creator a Fraud

    Many expected an Odd Future reunion at their festival Camp Flog Gnaw last weekend. Perhaps this was because the group had been broken up for almost half a year, or because Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) was advertised as the headline act, but it seemed many were disappointed when only Mike G, Domo Genesis, Left Brain and Hodgy Beats took the stage for a 70-minute set. The set was then pre-empted by a profanity-laced speech delivered by Tyler the Creator onstage.

  • Odd Future Officially Broken Up According To Tyler, The Creator

    Over the past few days, speculation has been wild about the future of hip-hop collective Odd Future, which counts Frank Ocean, Tyler, The Creator, Hodgy Beats and Earl Sweatshirt among its members. Observers have known that the group has been growing apart over the past few years as the members have focused on their burgeoning solo careers, but according to a response to a fan on social media network Spring from Tyler, the group is officially broken up.

  • Hodgy Beats Shares Three New Songs 'NOHOOK," THANKKSGIVING," "Choppedd"

    Amidst the rumors and speculation about the Odd Future's current status as a collective, one of its more prominent members, Hodgy Beats, real name Gerard Damien Long, has decided to stay out of the drama and stick to what people care about most - music. The rapper "Alone" rapper has used his testing ground, soundcloud to share three brand new tracks titled "NOHOOK," "THANKKSGIVING" and "Choppedd."

  • Odd Future Isn't Breaking Up According To Tyler, The Creator

    Last night, Tyler, The Creator got super sentimental while looking through old Odd Future pictures and shared some of those emotions on Twitter because that's what you do now. As he was reminiscing, it appeared that the 'Cherry Bomb' rapper let slip that his collective had broken up when he stated, "although its no more, those 7 letters are forever." Unaware of the consequences of saying something like that in public, Tyler went to sleep thinking everything was all right, when in fact, fans were convinced that Odd Future was finished. He woke up this morning and saw all of the headlines and online activity. He tried to clear things up by saying that people shouldn't read into his comments, he was simply looking over some old pictures with friends.

  • Did Tyler, The Creator Just Announce 'Odd Future' Had Broken Up?

    Enigmatic rapper, Tyler, The Creator's collective Odd Future may be finished. The group claims an alumni of various members and associated acts like Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean an of course Tyler. It has been seen as one of the most influential movements in hip-hop, creating a niche counterculture within the genre and opening doors for young artists. However that legacy may all be in the past now according to a series of tweets sent out tonight by the Cherry Bomb rapper, who appeared to have stated that OFWGKTA was finished.

  • Tyler, The Creator Shares "F--king Young" Video Following New Album 'Cherry Bomb' Announcement [WATCH]

    Tyler, the Creator announced his new album Cherry Bomb this morning and shared two new songs. Now he's dropped a video for "F**king Young," which features most of the Odd Future crew. The six-and-a-half-minute clip, which Tyler directed himself under his Wolf Haley moniker, opens with him standing on a roof and acting like a righteous dude as his crew tries to convince him that jumping off the roof into the pool isn't safe. When he emerges from the pool after jumping in, he looks up and falls in love with the girl standing there.

  • A$AP Rocky Movie 'Dope' Sells for $7 Million at Sundance Film Festival

    Dope, a movie starring A$AP Rocky that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend, reportedly secured a distribution deal for $7 million. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Open Road Films beat out The Weinstein Company for the film, which also features Zoë Kravitz and Blake Anderson of Workaholics. There's been a decent amount of buzz coming from Park City, Utah, about the movie.

  • Kid Ink Shares New Track "Blunted" From Upcoming Album 'Full Speed' [LISTEN]

    Los Angeles rapper Kid Ink has shared another new track from his upcoming album Full Speed titled "Blunted," which you can check out below. The track features some trippy electronic production, which is pretty appropriate for a song that's all about getting high. Fans of Wiz Khalifa will probably dig this a lot, though Kid Ink isn't nearly as laidback as Wiz.

  • Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt Interviews Mike Tyson, and It's Fantastic

    Bi-annual "Humanity" magazine went above and beyond with its latest interview selection. As it noted in the introduction, Mike Tyson has been interviewed, profiled and written about from every angle, so to do another piece with him via the publication probably would not yield anything interesting. Looking to step outside the box, it asked Odd Future member Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, better known as Earl Sweatshirt — if he would interview Mike Tyson. Both parties agreed to do the interview, and it may be the best thing you read all day, via Complex.Tyson dishes some blunt advice on being young and dumb to the 20-year-old Sweatshirt:Mike: I mean, you're pretty much an idiot at 20.Earl: Right, that's what I feel like. I got to 20, and I —Mike: You're not an idiot, but you are. You don't really think you're an idiot, but you are.Earl: Right.Mike: But you don't think it. Like you're in agreement, but you're an idiot.

  • Tyler, The Creator Shares New Song, "Diaper," and Reveals New Tour Dates [LISTEN]

    Odd Future mastermind, Tyler, the Creator, has taken to his Twitter to share a new song titled "Diaper." Described by Tyler as a "random song" that he had "laying around," the track is a short blast of intense, obnoxious noise, which is exactly what we've come to expect from him. Tyler buries his voice underneath the siren-like beat, but his flow still sounds pretty spot-on.
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