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Tyler, The Creator Defends Drake After He Was Booed At His Festival: 'That Sh*t Is F*cking Trash'

He also tweeted, "THAT SHIT WAS NOT COOL DAWG."  
Tyler, The Creator Defends Drake After He Was Booed At His Festival
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By Sydney Scott · Updated December 6, 2020

Tyler, The Creator is sounding off after attendees at his Camp Flog Gnaw Festival inside Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium booed the headliner, Drake.

Attendees were hoping that the event’s surprise guest would instead be singer Frank Ocean. Instead, they were treated to a performance from the Toronto rapper— a performance they seemingly did not want.

Tyler tweeted on Monday afternoon, “I THOUGHT BRINGING ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTIST ON THE F-CKING PLANET TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WAS FIRE! BUT FLIPSIDE, A LIL TONE DEAF KNOWING THE SPECIFIC CROWD IT DREW. SOME CREATED A NARRATIVE IN THEIR HEAD AND ACTED OUT LIKE ASSHOLES WHEN IT DIDN’T COME TRUE AND I DONT F-CK WITH THAT.”

I THOUGHT BRINGING ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTIST ON THE FUCKING PLANET TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WAS FIRE! BUT FLIPSIDE, A LIL TONE DEAF KNOWING THE SPECIFIC CROWD IT DREW. SOME CREATED A NARRATIVE IN THEIR HEAD AND ACTED OUT LIKE ASSHOLES WHEN IT DIDNT COME TRUE AND I DONT FUCK WITH THAT

— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019

“THAT SHIT WAS LIKE MOB MENTALITY AND CANCEL CULTURE IN REAL LIFE AND I THINK THAT SHIT IS F-CKING TRASH,” he added in a series of tweets.

THAT SHIT WAS LIKE MOB MENTALITY AND CANCEL CULTURE IN REAL LIFE AND I THINK THAT SHIT IS FUCKING TRASH

— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019

Video went viral Monday morning showing attendees booing the rapper during his surprise set. Genius writer Andrés Tardio shared the clip in which Drake asks the booing crowd, “I’m here for you tonight. If you want to keep going, I will keep going. What’s up?”

The rapper, clearly upset, soon cuts his performance short, telling attendees, “It’s been love.”

Here’s a video from Camp Flog Gnaw.

Drake: “I’m here for you tonight. If you want to keep going, I will keep going. What’s up?”

Some fans boo loudly. One yells “No!”

Drake seemingly cuts his set short & ends the show there. “It’s been love.”pic.twitter.com/n1BYrvLThc

— Andrés Tardio ✍🏽 📷 (@AndresWrites) November 11, 2019

Still, Tyler tweeted that Drake felt “no ways” about being booed and blamed the majority of the disgruntled fans on “those shits in the front area,” writing that they were “mad rude” and “made us look sooo entitled and trash.”

THIS NIGGA DID FEEL NO WAYS! SONG IS BEAUTIFUL. ALSO, MOSTLY EVERYONE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME, THOSE SHITS IN THE FRONT AREA WERE THE ONES BEING MAD RUDE, WHICH, I CAN SEE WHY, BUT, NAH, FUCK THAT, YALL REPRESENTED ME AND FLOG TO MY GUEST AND MADE US LOOK SOOO ENTITLED AND TRASH

— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019

Reportedly, there had been speculation that Ocean, who is notoriously elusive, would be the festival’s surprise performer. A few attendees were even heard chanting, “We want Frank.”

Still, Drake did get cheers after shouting out Tyler for creating Camp Flog Gnaw, and more than a few fans rapped along to the rapper’s 2013 single “Started From The Bottom.”

Although the attendees weren’t feeling him, the Toronto rapper did get love from other artists, including Kehlani, who tweeted, “Drake handled that [situation] so raw. Respect,” before adding, “A goat gon be a goat regardless.”

a goat gon be a goat regardless 🤷🏽‍♀️

— Kehlani (@Kehlani) November 11, 2019

While it’s somewhat shocking that one of music’s biggest artists got booed off stage, it happens. Can’t win ’em all.

TOPICS:  camp flog gnaw celebrity Drake Entertainment frank ocean hiphop imf in my feed Music rap tyler the creator
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