In March 2018, Tyler cancelled his South American tour, but in early April he released a new song, under the title “Okra”.In 1990, 2 Live Crew were put on trial for obscenity violations at the Ford Lauderdale Court, Florida. He uses his social media to communicate with his fans, but also to promote his upcoming projects. Tyler is active on social media such as Twitter and Instagram, and is followed by more than seven million people on the former and four million on the latter. In addition to being accused of homophobia, Tyler has also been accused of sexism, as the result of his apparently somewhat misogynistic lyrics, including being criticized by fellow singers Sara and Tegan. Despite all of that, he was the first one who openly supported Frank Ocean, the member of Odd Future, when he came out as gay. Later on, he added that he has gay fans, who don’t take it as an offence.
However, he denied being homophobic, stating that he uses the slur as adjectives to describe “stupid s*it”. Tyler has been criticized for the use of homophobic language in his lyrics and on his Twitter page. Reportedly, Tyler is a big fan of BMX bikes. When it comes to his religious beliefs, Tyler is an atheist, and throughout his career his tracks have been filled with anti-religious lyrics, most notably on “Goblin” and “Bastard”. In one interview, he revealed that he had a boyfriend when he was 15, however, later on he said that it was only a figure of speech. The lyrics of Tyler’s album “Flower Boy” stirred rumors that Tyler is gay.
It was then announced that Tyler would be going on tour, which would begin at the Coachella Festival and end in September, in Tokyo. It was well received by both critics and fans, being described as “another freaky trip worth taking” and “Tyler’s greatest creation to date”. “Cherry Bomb” featured 13 songs such as “Deathcamp”, “Buffalo”, “Smuckers” and “Run”, and was made in collaboration with artists such as Cole Alexander, Syd Bennett, Schoolboy Q, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. In early 2015, and after releasing a new song under the title “F****** Young”, Tyler released yet another album, entitled “Cherry Bomb”, digitally in April of the same year through Odd Future Records, and the physical version in late April. When it comes to its year-end chart performance, it took 23rd position on the US Rap Albums and 41st position on the US R&B and Hip Hop Albums.
In early 2010 Tyler announced that he would be working on an album entitled “Wolf”, eventually released in mid-2012 and featuring 18 tracks such as “Awkward”, “Answer”, “Slater”, made in collaboration with Frank Ocean, “Cowboy” and “Jamba”, and generally reviewed favorably by sources such as The Independent, Los Angeles Times and Pitchfork, plus appearing on charts in countries such as Norway, the UK and US, peaking in first place on the US Top Rap Albums, and second place on US Top R&B Hip-Hop Albums. It made its debut on the US Billboard 200 at number five, having sold more than 45,000 copies in the US alone in its first week of release, and subsequently gaining gold certification from the RIAA, and achieving success in countries such as Norway and the UK. In February 2011, he uploaded the music video for “Yonkers”, which was the first single from his debut album entitled “Goblin”, eventually released in early May of the same year, featuring 15 songs including the title song, “She”, “Transylvania”, “Nightmare” and “Her”. In late December 2009, Tyler released his debut mixtape entitled “Bastard”, which rose to 30 th position on the Pitchfork’s list of the top albums of 2010.