Uproar After Tyler The Creator Is Banned From UK For Violent Lyrics He Wrote Seven Years Ago

Twitter Outraged After Rapper Tyler The Creator Is Banned From UK For Violent Lyrics
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Tyler, The Creator performs during the SXSW Music Festival early Friday, March 14, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
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US rapper Tyler the Creator has been forced to cancel four dates, including Reading and Leeds festivals, after being banned from the UK for his violent lyrics.

His manager, Christian Clancy, said that they received a letter from the Home Office, which specifically cited lyrics that Tyler had written up to seven years ago.

Clancy posted on his Tumblr: "Highlights from the letter include that Tyler's work 'encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality' and 'fosters hatred with views that seek to provoke others to terrorist acts.'"

People are taking to Twitter to question Tyler's ban, with many referring to Eminem's use of violent lyrics. Eminem sold out two shows at Wembley Stadium last year, without the Home Office batting an eyelid.

For reference, here are seven of Eminem's most offensive lyrics...

Eminem's Most Violent Lyrics
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The ever-outspoken Azealia Banks was quick to Tyler's defence, also stating that there are other artists whose lyrics could be deemed more offensive:

However, not everyone thought that Tyler's ban was a bad thing...

Fans' Favorite Eminem Lyrics
Mike_The_Story(01 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gapingThis world is mine for the takingMake me king, as we move toward NWO (credit:Twitter:Mike_The_Story)
Nick Brinley(02 of40)
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@CasaDeJas @huffpostent But then I see my baby/Suddenly Im not crazy/It all makes sense when I look into her eyes#missmydaughter (credit:Twitter:NickBrinley)
Laurel Brittany Acho(03 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt Dispensing these sentences is getting the stress that's been eating me recently off of this chest and I rest again peacefully. (credit:Twitter:LBA513)
Daniel Bellido(04 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "these fucking walls must be talking, 'cause man I can hear 'em" - When I'm Gone (credit:Twitter:alonsodb)
chris tatarek(05 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt I got a switchblade with a little switch to switch blades, then i switch from a six to a sixteen inch blade. (credit:Twitter:enwayzooom)
Stella Sabaku(06 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "Now, was called M&M, but he threw away the candy & ate the rapper. Chewed him up & spitted him out." #FastLane #BadMeetsEvil (credit:Twitter:gaaraluver)
Razaz(07 of40)
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@Manal_Saad @HuffPostEnt I am not afraid...to take a stand.. (credit:Twitter:RosaHamayel)
Gabrielle I. Miller(08 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano" (credit:Twitter:gabsi77)
Hayley ツ(09 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt i act like sh*t don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy. my insecurities could eat me alive (credit:Twitter:HayleyzZZ)
Marshall Mathers(10 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt YOU MAY BE GONE BUT YOU NEVER OVER. - You never over (credit:Twitter:sixpack_shady)
David Wallace(11 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt drug dealers hang around me like "yes" men and they gonna do whatever I says when I says it. In reference to his drug addiction (credit:Twitter:dwallace_23)
Midu #eminemBIG40th(12 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt W.T.P. - So ladies if your belly button's not an innie then I'm outie. (credit:Twitter:theMidu)
Valerie West(13 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "First off you don't know Marshall, at all so don't grow partialThat's ammo for my arsenal, i'll slap you off that barstool" (credit:Twitter:Stop_Think_plz)
Marissa Ann(14 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt Not takin nothin from no one, give em hell long as I'm breathin #happybirthdayem cc: @JaclynPatrice @ShanaAnn23 (credit:Twitter:ChronicDancer)
Lauren Simmons(15 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "I say what I want to say & do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it (credit:Twitter:Kittenroyale)
Seamus McKiernan(16 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt He rhymed an unrhymable word, twice: ORANGES with hinges/syringes ("Business") (credit:Twitter:chezseamus)
Lauren Gallo(17 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt Dear Slim, I wrote but you still ain't callin'. (credit:Twitter:MissGallo)
Michelle Myler(18 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "you don't wanna fuck with shady, cus shady will fuckin kill you!" #happybirthdayslimshady (credit:Twitter:Michelle_Myler)
Meribe Onyedi(19 of40)
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@huffpostent 'as long as you have feelings to hurt,ild be around, 'long as u LET me get to you' @Eminem (credit:Twitter:dRealSupernova)
Christine Eckman(20 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "Two trailer park girls going 'round the outside, 'round the outside" (credit:Twitter:cecemarie217)
angelica ceja(21 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt I'll never forget 'success is my only mutha f'n option, failures not"!! I'm now owner/operator in a Successful business (credit:Twitter:sheasone)
S.F. McFadden(22 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt I think my dad's gone craaaazy. (credit:Twitter:TheFanch)
Ron Swanson(23 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti (credit:Twitter:yatswants_yates)
PatriciaHasseyAllard(24 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "I'm not afraid...Play that ..when I have to get set for doc's.."happybirthday to Marshal" (credit:Twitter:patriciahassey)
Jaclyn Patrice(25 of40)
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@ChronicDancer @HuffPostEnt @ShanaAnn23 Keep kick' a** in the morning and taking names in the evening!! (credit:Twitter:JaclynPatrice)
Lorraine Phillips(26 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt im not afraid to take a stand, everybody come take my hand. Best lyrics he's ever written. (credit:Twitter:lor4smp)
Alicia Morris(27 of40)
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@huffpostent Nw days everybody wanna talk like they got someth'n 2 say but nothin comes out when they move their lips justa buncha jibberish (credit:Twitter:JrNationChzhead)
Shana Ann(28 of40)
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RT @ChronicDancer: @HuffPostEnt Not takin nothin from no one, give em hell long as I'm breathin #happybirthdayem cc: @JaclynPatrice @ShanaAnn23 (credit:Twitter:ShanaAnn23)
Bobby Frazer(29 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "I joke when I say I'm the best in the booth, but a lot of truth is said in jest." - Eminem (credit:Twitter:BobbyIsLegit)
Noël Thornberry(30 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "I can't breathe, but I still fight while I can fight." (credit:Twitter:no_leon)
Annie Rummell(31 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt fuck a beat, I'll go a capella. Fuck a papa doc, fuck a clock, fuck a trailer. #8mile #happybirthdayslim (credit:Twitter:anny_pack)
sophia acosta(32 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt I'm slim shady yes i'm the real shady all u other slim shady's are just imatating so won't the real slim shady plz stand up! (credit:Twitter:purehunni)
♔ BS(33 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt Nobody knows me I'm coldWalk down this road all aloneIt's no one's fault but my ownIt's the path I've chosen to go (credit:Twitter:youbeenlawyered)
TheAitch(34 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad When I'm gone but Im tryin' to give you the life that I never had (credit:Twitter:TheAitch)
Mara G.H.(35 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt I got some skeletons in my closet and I don't know if no one knows it. (credit:Twitter:Illest_Villain)
Sohil J(36 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "Let's pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen, Let's pretend things would have been no different" (credit:Twitter:SoulsJay)
trena27(37 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt " I am whatever you say I am, if I wasn't than why would I say I am?!" (credit:Twitter:chocolatekas)
John Smith(38 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "I'm standing on my Monopoly board. That means I'm on top of my game, and it wont stop 'til my hip don't hop anymore." - Eminem (credit:Twitter:RestroomWarrior)
Denise Stanley(39 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "Success is my only motherf#*cking option, failure's not" #loseyourself (credit:Twitter:CrakMeUp)
Jemima Tumewu(40 of40)
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@HuffPostEnt "I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?" (credit:Twitter:jemimatumw)