Tyler, the Creator has spent almost his entire life trying to be a star. From an early age he wanted to make music, and has been tunnel-visioned on that goal ever since. “I knew what I was going to do since before I was double digits, which I guess is rarer than I thought,” he tells Vanity Fair.
And Tyler has done it. The 34-year-old rapper and producer, born Tyler Gregory Okonma, spent 2025 on the blockbuster world tour for his eighth studio album, Chromakopia, and releasing his ninth…

