American rapper Tyler, The Creator brought out fellow artist ASAP Rocky onto the stage during his second night at London’s All Points East festival. The 35-year-old also welcomed British singer Rex Orange County during a pyrotechnic-filled performance that drew heavily on his recent albums Chromakopia and Don’t Tap The Glass. Opening Saturday’s show with a lively version of Big Poe, he had the audience hanging on the rapper’s every word during Sugar On My Tongue.
After performing Who Dat Boy with ASAP Rocky, Tyler, whose full name is Tyler Okonma, said: “Make some motherf****** noise for ASAP Rocky.” The guest rapper, 37, who is married to Barbadian superstar Rihanna, replied: “I think it’s really cute that we’re both in our mid-30s and we’re really tired right now.” During his set, Tyler called out yesterday’s crowd, calling them “dead”, before praising the Saturday attendees for being “turnt” as soon as he came out. He added: “Y’all have lifted my spirit.” Standing in the middle of the impressive stage set-up which included a mock Tube train and station, the rapper finished by saluting the crowd and then throwing both his shoes into the audience. The rapper also headlined on Friday when he mentioned being banned from entering the UK by former prime minister Theresa May in 2015 over controversial lyrics from his early albums, saying “thank God… Theresa May is gone” adding later “when they banned me that really changed a lot for me” and “she’s stupid and now I gotta prove she made a mistake”.
His set included a tube sign saying Victoria Park which changed halfway through to say Hackney Wick when he was talking about his time in London. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 30-day free trial. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.
He said London was a “special place” and it’s “weird I was bigger in London first than in most parts of America”. He reminded Londoners that the first label he was signed to was XL Recordings with Adele as his label mate. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
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