Tyler, the Creator believes Doechii is insanely talented.
During a recent chat with Nardwuar, Tyler shared his thoughts about one of hip-hop’s hottest newcomers.
“Genius, love her. That girl’s an alien. She’s an alien,” he said, “I came across Doechii on something that YouTube recommended. It was the ‘Catfish’ record or “Nissan Altima.” I was like, ‘What is this? Damn, this girl pretty as hell.’ And I clicked it and I was blown away and I just kept going and kept going and kept going.”
Tyler mentioned he got to meet her not long after discovering her music.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ and then I DMd her and I was like, ‘N***a, I’m gonna need you in a few months!’ And then we linked and yeah, she’s incredible,” the Chromokopia creator shared.
Doechii’s been on a serious winning streak this year. She snagged Grammys for Best Rap Album, Best New Artist, and Rap Performance. Billboard also crowned her their Woman of the Year.
“I’m so happy that she [won a Grammy] and she’s in folks’ faces and we have to just keep supporting artists who care about things,” Tyler said.
In another part of his interview with Nardwuar, his seventh in 14 years, Tyler expressed his deep love for hip-hop and how it’s transformed countless lives.
“Hip-hop has changed so many of our lives, kept so many of us out of trouble,” Tyler said. “I’m so grateful for it. I’ve had my criticisms of it and all types of shit, but that’s out of love. ‘Cause man, I love music and hip-hop specifically so much. I’m a true student, I’m a true nerd. … I love hip-hop, I love rap. … It’s one of the most beautiful things to exist on Earth.”
Tyler then switched gears to call out artists who try to imitate hip-hop’s biggest stars.
“We the coolest ever and all these motherfuckers want to copy us and do everything. Some n***as be mimicking and mocking it and they just ain’t got the juice, ’cause they don’t really believe it here [gestures towards heart],'” he explained. “You can see it, man, some of these folks, man. … They look at it, like, as a quick money-getting thing. They look at it as a commodity. They look at it just to criticize it, and like, y’all ain’t grow up the same.”
