Tyler, The Creator banned from UK due to 'homophobic lyrics' on previous albums.

Tyler, The Creator, has claimed he has been banned from the UK because his older albums glorified homophobic statements and "views that seek to provoke others to terrorist attacks". The American rapper had been billed to perform at Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend but dropped out, explaining unspecified "circumstances" led to the cancellations.

He took to Twitter to reveal reasons behind the ban, stating that he was not allowed to enter the country for "three to five years" because of certain lyrics he put in his older albums. The 24-year-old explained in another tweet: "That is why the shows were cancelled."

The artist's manager Christian Clancy was quick to explain a little more about the situation on his blog, The Phuckery: "Tyler has been banned from entering the UK for somewhere between three to five years per a letter from the secretary of state for the home department of the United Kingdom.


By Amy West.
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