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Tyler, the Creator: Show Preview 

Tuesday, Dec 16 2014
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The end of 2014 finds Tyler, the Creator, multitalented impresario of the Los Angeles rap syndicate and youth-culture conglomerate Odd Future, making up his mind between vocations: enfant terrible or artiste? Since turning 23 in March, he's been arrested for inciting a riot during a concert (his own, at SXSW) and interviewed on Larry King Live (he did not, needless to say, dress up); he's dropped a few censor-baitingly clever cameo verses and hints about his forthcoming fourth solo album, but music is now just one key on the detuned piano of his personal franchise, which also ranges from a clothing line to a sketch comedy TV show to a handful of deeply surreal Mountain Dew commercials. Point is, now's probably as interesting a point as any on his evolutionary trajectory to witness, and your guess is as good as ours as to what the evening will have in store.

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