Tyler, the Creator

Tyler, the Creator in 2011, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Tyler Gregory Okonma

Place of Birth: Ladera Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: March 6, 1991

Ethnicity:
*50% Nigerian
*25% European
*25% African-American

Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, visual artist, designer, and comedian. He is the co-founder, and a leader, of alternative hip-hop collective Odd Future. Other members of Odd Future have included Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshit. He is also known as Ace, Gap Tooth T, DJ Stank Daddy, Tyler Haley, and Wolf Haley.

His father is Nigerian, of Igbo descent. His mother, Bonita Smith, is of European Canadian, from her own father, and African-American, from her own mother, descent. Tyler is an atheist.

He was raised in Ladera Heights and Hawthorne in Los Angeles.