Tyler, the Creator: "Yonkers" Was Made As a Joke
- ️@pitchfork
- ️Wed Feb 17 2016
He reveals the song's origins during a conversation with Vince Staples
On his GOLF Media app, Tyler, the Creator sat down for a conversation with Vince Staples, Fader reports. During their discussion, Staples brought up "Yonkers," which led Tyler to reveal that the song was made "as a joke."
“Dude, niggas don't know that that beat was made as a joke. I was trying to make a shitty New York beat and we was just rapping like we was from New York like we were retarded. And then, I just had some random verses and I was just like 'I'll just record it to this beat, this beat is kinda cool.' And then niggas really liked it. That's so nuts, because that shit was actually a fucking joke. I made that beat in literally eight minutes.”
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