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Tyler the Creator Net Worth: How Rich is the Rapper Actually?

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3 years ago

October 1, 2021

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Tyler Gregory Okonma, who is better known by the stage name Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He founded the hip hop group called Odd Future and has released hit albums such as Igor, Flower Boy, and Call Me If You Get Lost. As of 2022, Tyler the Creator net worth is estimated to be around $16 million.

Full Name	Tyler Gregory Okonma
Birth Date	March 6, 1991
Birth Place	Ladera Heights, California
Profession	Rapper, Record Producer, and Actor
Relationship Status	Single
Net Worth	$16 million

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Early Life

Tyler was born to a Nigerian father and an American mother of mixed Africa-American descent. Tyler never got the chance to meet his father. He grew up in Ladera Heights and from the young age of seven would be creating the covers for his imaginary albums.

Tyler taught himself to play the piano when he was only 14 years ago. An interesting fact about Tyler is that during his 12 years of schooling, he studied at 12 different schools.

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In his early years, he worked odd jobs at FedEx and Starbucks to sustain himself. Tyler would also be posting the different creatives he used to make on his Myspace page. Later on, Tyler started the alternative hip hop group called Odd Future in 2007. The group also had Casey Veggies and Hodgy Left Brain as the main members. One of their early releases was a mixtape called The Odd Future Tape that they released in 2008.

The very next year, Tyler worked on his solo mixtape called Bastard. One of his songs called Yonkers helped him to win the Best New Artist during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. This led to him signing with Red Distribution and Sony that same year. He would then go on to release his debut album called Goblin. This is when his widespread popularity began as he started to appear in different Late Night shows too.

Over the following years, Tyler was busy on tour in different parts of North America as well as in Europe. He then released the album called Wolf which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 charts. He had more success once he started to collaborate with different artists including Lil Wayne and Kanye West.

In 2017, he would release his fourth album called Flower Boy which was a big hit even being nominated for Best Rap Album during the 60^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Personal Life

Tyler has been open about his sexuality mentioning that he has been in same-sex relationships. He has also opened up about his sexuality on social media platforms as well as in the lyrics of the songs that he writes. In 2018, it was speculated that Tyler was in a relationship with Jaden Smith after Jaden said that they were seeing each other.