He’s actually been talking about connecting with his roots in his last run of interviews, he said Virgil inspired him too

nah i'll pass

Makes sense, i read he was raised by an AA woman

The fact Tyler never aligns himself with the AA plight makes a lot of sense.

lying about ethnicity lowkey super common in music industry

Wym

Oh fr? That's great to hear tbh

Africans don’t really see themselves as being in allegiance with American black ppl. Granted Tyler is an American national and ig his mother is too, he still seems to identify with his father by not mixing with the social interests of American black ppl.

"My father he from Nigeria"

That Igor stole songs thread was one of the worst I’ve ever seen on this website

Spicy take

My father, he comes from Nigeria
I am eagerly waiting for David Lynch's Wisteria

This is a gross generalization and not even a justified one

Besides that Tyler was raised by an African American mother, his Nigerian father was absent

igbos can have him

Africans don’t even identify with each other most of the time so is it really that crazy to say they don’t identify with Americans?

I’m not even blaming anyone for it. It’s a byproduct of colonialism.

whats up w that paranthetical

Why? He's a good producer. Whole lotta afrobeat, Nigerian disco/afro-boogie, or even highlife records he can pull from

S*** even Frank managed to remix/cover an afro-boogie classic and he did that joint justice

I'm sure Tyler could do the same sampling those records

You are white.

think i read in his virgil rip post that virgil inspired him to be more proud of his african name or some s*** like that

who pissed in ur cereal bowl this morning

There is a difference in cultural identity and not identifying yourself as having a plight similar to other black people. They do overlap to a degree, but they're not the same. And what you described goes both ways and either way, African Americans are just as guilty of the same thing if not more.

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why u so upset lmao

im just asking whats up w the weird paranthetical

I gotta be upset to call you white...?