An activist who previously campaigned to have Tyler, The Creator banned from Australia hopes the musician will use his platform for positive change.
The 28-year-old, real name Tyler Okonma, is an alternative hip-hop star whose widely praised 2019 album IGORBut for Coralie Alison, the announcement just represents an opportunity for the musician to right past wrongs.
In 2015, the singer told his millions of Twitter followers that he had been"banned" from Australia following a campaign by Collective Shout. The Federal Government did not actually ban him — his tour was cancelled — but Okonma's tweet tagged Ms Alison.She said she was subsequently inundated with"hundreds" of rape and death threats from the rapper's fans, something the singer never acknowledged or condemned.
Ms Alison would like to see Okonma, who is one of the headliners of July's festival at the North Byron Parklands, address that abuse and his past lyrical content when he takes the stage for his only Australian show.
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