In the lead up to Camp Flog Gnaw, Tyler, The Creator kept the Sunday night headliner a secret and on posters, the space for the name of the act was filled with “???”. It turns out that each question mark was for one guest and the surprises turned out to be ASAP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert and Drake.
That seems incredible on paper, but for months leading up to the LA event, fans had convinced themselves that Frank Ocean was the surprise. This was only fuelled by Frank’s recent music releases ‘DHL‘ and ‘In My Room‘. The crowd was fine for ASAP Rocky and Uzi when they performed a few songs each, but when Drake came out, was less responsive, even booing and responding negatively when Drake offered to keep going past the few songs Tyler asked him to do.
Eventually, Drake somewhat accepted defeat and left the stage, thanking the crowd for the night. Many still expected Frank to come out, but eventually security told people to leave, to their dismay. This was met with controversy online, with many feeling the crowd were ungrateful and disrespectful.
Today, both Drake and Tyler have responded. Drake spoke to DJ Akademiks, telling him it was “a moment of humility which is always welcomed” and it just “wasn’t (his night)” and he “wasn’t who they wanted to see”. Humbling, indeed.
Drake is taking it in stride tho… he told me personally regarding the camp flog gnaw performance it’s a “moment of humility which is always welcomed”. He also added “was just not my night. Wasn’t who they wanted to see”.
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 11, 2019
Tyler responded with a string of tweets, saying in hindsight the decision to bring Drake out might have been tone deaf and he understood why the crowd gave that reaction, but he still didn’t approve and it was trash, making him and them look entitled. Check out the string of tweets below.
I THOUGHT BRINGING ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTIST ON THE FUCKING PLANET TO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WAS FIRE! BUT FLIPSIDE, A LIL TONE DEAF KNOWING THE SPECIFIC CROWD IT DREW. SOME CREATED A NARRATIVE IN THEIR HEAD AND ACTED OUT LIKE ASSHOLES WHEN IT DIDNT COME TRUE AND I DONT FUCK WITH THAT
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
THIS NIGGA DID FEEL NO WAYS! SONG IS BEAUTIFUL. ALSO, MOSTLY EVERYONE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME, THOSE SHITS IN THE FRONT AREA WERE THE ONES BEING MAD RUDE, WHICH, I CAN SEE WHY, BUT, NAH, FUCK THAT, YALL REPRESENTED ME AND FLOG TO MY GUEST AND MADE US LOOK SOOO ENTITLED AND TRASH
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
THAT SHIT WAS LIKE MOB MENTALITY AND CANCEL CULTURE IN REAL LIFE AND I THINK THAT SHIT IS FUCKING TRASH
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
NIGGA DID FEEL NO WAYS! THAT SONG IS BEAUTIFUL! MOST GUYS DONT DO ALBUM CUTS! THANK YOU AUBREY!
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
LIKE, I LOVE THAT SONG AND THOUGHT THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN…….HE REALLY DID THAT FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE TO COME AT ALL, SEE OUR WORLDS COME TOGETHER WAS SO GREAT IN THEORY
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
BUT HEY MAN SHIT HAPPENS, ALL JOKES ASIDE SHIT LOWKEY FUNNY HAHAHA, ASIDE FROM THAT, HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME. AGAIN, NO ARREST NO BULLSHIT MAN A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYED IT, THANKS AGAIN!
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
AGAIN, THANK YOU DRAKE! ( IM FUCKING PISSED HOTLINE BLING WAS NEXT THATS MY FUCKING SHIT IM GONNA PLAY THAT IN THE SHOWER RIGHT NOW) <3
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019
OK LAST TWEET, I WAS IN THE FRONT, AND I HEAR "TYLLLERRRR!" AND I LOOK TO MY LEFT, AND THIS GIRL, RED FACE, PUFFY, WATERFALL OF TEARS LOOKED INTO MY SOUL AND SAID, TREMBLING WITH ANGER "…WHAT ..THE ..FUCK!………IS THIS SHIT!" NIGGA I TURNED AWAY SO QUICK SHE WAS PISSED BRO
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) November 11, 2019