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Tyler the Creator has been everywhere these past few days, making headlines and shaking up the hip-hop scene with a mix of surprise releases, festival news, and social media debates. This week started with major buzz as Hits Daily Double and Variety spotlighted his album Don’t Tap the Glass, a boundary-pushing, dance-infused project that’s still generating strong reviews and sales since its July drop. Adding fuel, an expanded edition of Chromakopia just hit streaming with the new track “Mother,” though it’s mostly the wild, Halloween-inspired cover art that’s sparking commentary on music blogs such as Turn Up The Volume. Tyler’s latest single, Sugar on My Tongue, arrived last month with an attention-grabbing, self-directed video that’s got people talking for both its provocative visuals and sly, surrealist humor.

Meanwhile, the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival is back and dominating LA’s November calendar, with outlets like LAmag and Secret Los Angeles calling it the event of the month. Tyler’s curatorial powers drew in a top-tier lineup: A$AP Rocky, Doechii, Childish Gambino, Clipse, Earl Sweatshirt, and T-Pain, all converging at Dodger Stadium for the two-day hip-hop blowout. The social scene has followed: Kansas City’s Culture Club has even thrown a Tyler-inspired party, with fans flocking in Golf le Fleur cardigans and pearls.

Live, Tyler just wrapped a four-night run at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as part of his Chromakopia world tour, and he’s heading to Australia and Asia next, a move widely reported across US and international outlets. On stage in Brooklyn, he shouted out Don’t Tap the Glass, escalating the album’s hype right before Camp Flog Gnaw’s return.

At the same time, Tyler can’t escape discourse. TheQGentleman and Rolling Stone both report heated debates about his fan base, after he liked a post insinuating most of his followers are “white incels.” Tyler’s past and present audience is fiercely discussed; but critics like Jeff Ihaza debunk the idea that he’s pandered to anyone but himself, listing his collaborations with icons across Black music and hip-hop. Some suggest the storm is more about hip-hop’s broader demographics than Tyler himself.

Through it all, Tyler has leveraged his Golf Wang brand for clever album promo, executing online stunts like wiping the site for exclusive Don’t Tap the Glass merch and hosting a mysterious, phone-free listening party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. There’s no sign of him slowing down, with every headline, surprise drop, and social post only cementing his place as hip-hop’s reigning iconoclast.

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