Tyler, The Creator Might Change His Stage Name

In a recent interview with Fast Company, Tyler, the Creator revealed that he might change his stage name. The California artist uniquely dominated the past decade of music with his former Odd Future collective. It’s rare to see an artist with this much success & influence change their name this late in their career. If there’s one thing we know about Tyler, he’s hard to predict. Tyler has never expressed any past resentment towards the iconic stage name. Regardless, there’s nothing wrong with making changes like this when you’re as established as he is.

Origin Of His Stage Name

His stage name has an exciting & lengthy origin story. According to Tyler himself, “My stage name was from, I made a MySpace page when I was 13– I had 3 of them.” The artist continues, “one was regular for friends, another one was for something else, and then the third one was just ideas. I would put drawings and photos I would take and upload beats on there.” It’s fascinating seeing how the old platform has impacted many music careers, including Tyler’s.

He also said, “I started using that one more, and random people from Kentucky would be, like, ‘Cool beats, bro!’ And so I just kept the Tyler, The Creator thing going and, you know, I’m 17 in high school, around LA, the name’s getting around, and I kind of just kept it as my stage name.”

Why Tyler Might Change His Stage Name

Tyler’s more mature now than his stage name would imply, and this interview confirms that he’s grown past it. In Tyler’s own words, “It’s really dumb, but it stuck with me, so it just works. But my full name, Tyler Okonma, in all caps, just looks really cool. So you might see more of that, I don’t know, I’m getting older, and I think when people get older, they start to realize shit, you just start changing.”

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Written by: Oryah Brown | Instagram: @oryah.wav