I did something really awesome, and it was no problem.” ![]() I’m just like, one, none of that is true, and two, I was here seven weeks ago. Thirty minutes later, the guy comes in, he gives me a paper, and he says: ‘OK, they’re not letting you in the country.’ The paper said I couldn’t come at all, saying that I support homophobia and acts of terrorism, and some other stuff. And then showed me lyrics from songs … literally, a paper with five lines of lyrics, and four were from Bastard songs and one was from Tron Cat.”Īdding: “I never perform those songs. I was in a detention room I felt like a criminal. Speaking to The Guardian just days after receiving the news, the rapper said: “Monday was one of the shittiest days I’ve ever had. The letter added: “Your albums Bastard, in 2009, and Goblin, in 2011, are based on the premise of your adopting a mentally unstable alter ego who describes violent physical abuse, rape and murder in graphic terms which appears to glamourise this behaviour.” “The home secretary has reached this decision because you have brought yourself within the scope of the list of unacceptable behaviour by making statements that may foster hatred, which might lead to intercommunity violence in the UK.” “The home secretary has considered whether, in light of this list, you should be excluded from the UK on the grounds that your presence here would not be conducive to the public good,” a letter to the rapper read from then-Home Secretary, Theresa May’s office. If the lyrics were so problematic, why was Tyler allowed to perform in the UK just three months before the ban? The countless flaws in the reasoning behind his denied entry to Britain made it a remarkable, one-off case that felt personal to the rapper. Instead, the Odd Future rapper faced a punishment because of his lyrical content within work dating all the way back to his teenage years. ![]() Unlike other artists who had been denied entry to the UK in the past, such as Busta Rhymes or domestic abuser Chris Brown, Tyler hadn’t committed any criminal activities and didn’t deserve to be considered in the same category. The Odd Future co-founder had announced the gig with only a few hours’ notice and surprised fans by tweeting a picture of himself outside Buckingham Palace.īut the event was cancelled due to overcrowding, the Metropolitan Police said, although there were no crimes, reported injuries or arrests.Īt the time of the ban, the rapper posted on social media: “BASED ON LYRICS FROM 2009 I AM NOT ALLOWED IN THE UK FOR 3-5 YEARS ( although i was there 8 weeks ago) THAT IS WHY THE SHOWS WERE CANCELLED.The move was completely unprecedented. Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation outside 10 Downing Street (Yui Mok/PA) It is understood the ban was lifted from February 13 and he arrived at Luton Airport in the early hours of Saturday for an impromptu gig in Peckham, south-east London. The 28-year-old Californian posted a short message to his 8 million Twitter followers, aiming a jibe at May, who on Friday announced she would step down on June 7. ![]() The US rapper was banned from entering the UK in 2015 by May, then home secretary, due to lyrics said to encourage “violence and intolerance of homosexuality”. Tyler, The Creator has responded to Theresa May’s resignation as prime minister – cheekily announcing “im back”.
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