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  Tyler, the Creator Thinks You're Taking His Talking Goat Too Seriously

  May 3, 2013 – What began as a dumb commercial meant to be funny has turned into the latest Tyler, the Creator-spawned debate about media portrayals of race and gender.On Wednesday, PepsiCo took down an online ad that rapper Tyler, the Creator, had made for Mountain Dew, after criticisms that it depicted racial stereotypes and found humor in violence against women. Now, Tyler has defended the ad in an interview with Billboard. …
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  Tyler, the Creator's Manager Respectfully Suggests You Stop Freaking Out Over Felicia the Goat

  May 1, 2013 – Tyler, the Creator's manager Christian Clancy has addressed the controversy surrounding the trilogy of absurd online-only Mountain Dew ads directed by the Odd Future leader. …
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  Mountain Dew Not Kidding, Pulls Tyler, the Creator's 'Racist' Goat Ad

  May 1, 2013 – On May 1, 2013 the sky was blue, the grass was green, gravity held humanity's feet to the ground and Mountain Dew reportedly decided to pull an ad directed by Tyler, the Creator from its official online channels (via Mashable). The neon soda company had entered into a partnership with the Odd Future shock-star that gave Tyler creative control to direct a series of commercials, and it only took him three tries to cross a line. …
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  Tyler, the Creator Continues the Misadventures of Felicia the Goat in Third Mountain Dew Ad

  April 24, 2013 – Tyler, the Creator has shared his third commercial spot for Mountain Dew, furthering the misadventures of Felicia the Goat. When last we saw the criminal quadruped, she was on the run from the fuzz after assaulting a waitress and then getting pulled over and cited for a "Dew-U.I." It seems that she was nabbed in the interim (the goat had been on the lam for a month) and thrown into a police lineup. …
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  Coachella 2013 Friday Fieldnotes: Lindsay Lohan, Tears for Alt-J, the O.G. Yelling Goat

  April 13, 2013 – This year the fest's wristbands include a chip that must be scanned when you're entering or leaving certain areas of the grounds. Being a music fan sometimes means feeling like a package of ground beef going through the supermarket check-out every few minutes.By 2:30 p.m. …
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  Who Charted? Tyler's 'Wolf' Overtakes Weezy, Nips at Timberlake's Heels

  April 10, 2013 – First! Though Justin Timberlake's vision was initially called into question, he's more than justified his foresight where The 20/20 Experience is concerned. The recent inductee to Saturday Night Live's five-timers club has sold over 2 million copies worldwide of his first album in seven years. …
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  Tyler, the Creator's Drunk-Driving Goat Gets Pulled Over in Latest Mountain Dew Ad

  April 8, 2013 – Last month when Mountain Dew unveiled Tyler, the Creator's gonzo commercial, the Wolf rapper immediately tweeted "CANT WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE COMES OUT AHHHH." Well, here's the next one.Like Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, and Scorsese and De Niro before them, Tyler — under his directorial pseudonym Wolf Haley — casts his cinematic muse, Felicia, the Goat, in this slightly less trippy but equally zany sequel. …
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  Tyler, the Creator, 'Wolf' (Odd Future/RED)

  April 5, 2013 – It's easy to understand why the Internet swooned so hard when Tyler, the Creator first floated along and pricked our bubble. Back in 2010, hip-hop was largely a bunch of old rich dudes resting hard on their old-rich-dude laurels, whereas the Odd Future crew boasted all manner of teenage lewdness; they were fuck-you heroes with a surplus of talent and not enough dough. …
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  Watch Tyler, the Creator Delight 'Letterman' With Free-Spirited 'Rusty'

  April 5, 2013 – Odd Future's music has always been divisive, but their anarchic spirit is a huge part of what makes them lovable despite it all. …
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  Tyler, the Creator Wants to Lock Justin Bieber in a Cage

  April 2, 2013 – Tyler, the Creator's Wolf has been sitting pretty at the top of the iTunes albums chart since the Odd Future leader sneak-released it Sunday night (March 31). With any luck, the LP's success will help the Los Angeles rapper/producer fulfill his dream of scoring some high-profile production gigs. …
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