Sunday night was a strange one for Drake, who was booed off stage in Los Angeles after appearing as a special guest at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw. Drake appeared as a surprise guest during a "Tyler and friends"-style set but appeared to dissapoint some fans, who had been expecting Frank Ocean. Rumors online had circulated that Ocean would make a rare appearance at the festival, though nothing official was ever released to stoke those rumors.
On Monday afternoon Tyler took to Twitter to call out some of those at the festival that booed Drake and shouted "No!" when the Canadian rapper asked the audience if they wanted to hear more from him. While Tyler conceded that it may have been "tone deaf" to book Drake for the festival, he was critical of people that "acted out like assholes" and made him look "entitled and trash" in front of his peers. He thanked Drake for performing and compared the situation to both cancel culture and mob mentality. Check out the tweets below.
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
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
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
NIGGA DID FEEL NO WAYS! THAT SONG IS BEAUTIFUL! MOST GUYS DONT DO ALBUM CUTS! THANK YOU AUBREY!
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
BUT HEY MAN SHIT HAPPENS, ALL JOKES ASIDE SHIT LOWKEY FUNNY HAHAHA, ASIDE FROM THAT, HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME. AGAIN, NO ARREST NO BULLSHIT MAN A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYED IT, THANKS AGAIN!
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
OK LAST TWEET, I WAS IN THE FRONT, AND I HEAR "TYLLLERRRR!" AND I LOOK TO MY LEFT, AND THIS GIRL, RED FACE, PUFFY, WATERFALL OF TEARS LOOKED INTO MY SOUL AND SAID, TREMBLING WITH ANGER "...WHAT ..THE ..FUCK!.........IS THIS SHIT!" NIGGA I TURNED AWAY SO QUICK SHE WAS PISSED BRO
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019