Tyler, the Creator was in a nostalgic mood last night (May 27) when he took to Twitter.
After sharing an image of his Odd Future collective from 2010 on Instagram, Tyler began to reminisce about the gang.
“Damn going threw the old golf wang photos shit. i miss my friends a lot. 5 years later isnt that long but wow soooo much has happened,” he wrote.
“Although its no more, those 7 letters are forever,” Tyler continued.
It’s likely that Tyler is referencing Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (b.k.a. OFWGKTA). The Los Angeles based group of friends previously comprised of Earl Sweatshirt, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Mike G, producers Left Brain, Syd Tha Kyd, Matt Martians, Hal Williams, Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, Lucas Vercetti and L-Boy.
Odd Future released their debut mixtape, The Odd Future Tape, in 2008 but began receiving widespread notoriety in 2010 with the release of their Radical mixtape and side projects by Earl and Frank Ocean.
Tyler’s recent statement seems to imply that OFWGKTA has parted ways.
In recent years, the crew has continued to move forward separately. Both Tyler and Earl released solo albums this year and Frank Ocean is prepping his second offering, Boys Don’t Cry.
(May 28, 2015)
UPDATE: Earl Sweatshirt has responded to Tyler, the Creator’s Tweets regarding the end of Odd Future. Like Tyler, Earl took to Twitter to express his sentiments.
“no sympathy for male virgins who’re in their feelings about tyler pointing out and solidifying the obvious,” he wrote via Twitter.
Earl also urged Odd Future “runoff” to stop dressing like an “easter basket” and to pursue females.
Check out his tweets below:
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Not surprising really, but best of luck to them.
Odd Future was dope.. so much talent in that group. Tyler, Earl, and Frank Ocean. Not to mention Mike G, Domo, Hodgy, and Left Brain.. a mad talented group. I think they are better than Pro Era personally, but I’m sure a lot of people that suck capital steez’ dead penis would disagree
Apples and oranges, dude. Two different groups, two different styles.
true, but i feel like people hate on odd future more than pro era for some reason… so i just felt the need to defend OF
I think people hated on OF because of their shock value tactics and their atheism, but I saw past all that. Like you said, very talented group.
I think Tyler was just a cool kid into music. He is not best rapper probably not even average. His production is okay, but he just got in at the right time. Earl was a pretty good lyricist but young and got lost in that hype. Frank Ocean was clearly the stand out and the most talented of the group. The first to leave and him along with Tyler are the one’s we will hear from the most. Tyler hopefully pursues his dream of directing films and Frank keeps dropping those amazing albums. I don’t really care for the rest.
People are so ignorant, I can’t believe one tweet lead to every hip hop blog creating and spreading this story. He was disgusted this spread when he woke up, he meant that some of those friendships in a massive 90 person group (OF) were no longer there. He was simply stating they are all grown and don’t have the time to hang as much as they use to and fall outs mainly with Earl have occurred OF is still a collective and very much alive. They are all dropping new shit under OF and collaborating.
Earl just made you look like a full blown groupie. You’re a fan, not an insider, group member, or part of the collective. An outsider looking in trying to act like you know more than a bunch of other outsiders. Hopefully you learned from this.
OK, so I’m not that familiar with these guys. Someone enlighten me, since it’s something bugging me in all these stories. WTF is a Golf Wang? I thought it was Wolf Gang.
Odd future was the most hip-hop and most punk rock group in the new generation. They had rappers, producers, in house mixers, and didn’t need anyone to help them or like them. They did they and were good at it. Not the best at what they did, but the most true to themselves. Just a bunch of kids who grew up and what sounds like, grew apart.
switch the w and g at the begging of both words bruh….Wolf Gang= Golf Wang