Tyler, The Creator On DJ Khaled Rivalry: "It Was Just Watching A Man Die Inside"

Tyler, The Creator recently reflected on his rivalry with DJ Khaled.

Tyler, The Creator detailed what it was like watching DJ Khaled‘s reaction to Igor land the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart in 2019 over Father ofAsahd, in a new interview on Hot 97. Tyler described it as “watching a man die inside.”

“Bro that Khaled thing was like, it was fun, it was just watching a man die inside,” Tyler told Ebro Darden, Laura Stylez, and Peter Rosenberg in the interview. “The weirdo was winning, I was moonwalking in a wig. This n***a had everyone on his album. Everyone.”

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After Khaled lost the race to number one to Tyler, he referred to Igor as “mysterious shit.”

Tyler continued: “For some guy like that to kind of indirectly be like, ‘That ain’t real rap, that ain’t real Black music.’ That’s what it felt like. And I was like, my n***a, don’t do…but I didn’t say nothing, I just let that No. 1 speak. N****’s ego had to deal with that because his whole identity is being No. 1. And when he didn’t get that, that sat with him longer in real-life time than that moment. I moved on.”

“That n***a ego was deflated, he’ll probably never admit,” he added.

Check out the full interview below.

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