Odd Future Records was an American

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founded by rapper and producer

Tyler, the Creator Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bast ...

Odd Future Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF, was an American Hip hop music, hip-hop Musical collective, music collective formed in Los Angeles County, California in 2007. The original members were Ty ...

in 2011. It operated as a division of

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History

Odd Future Records was founded by

in 2011 as a means to release material from the

collective. Despite this, members

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and

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did not sign.

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band

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signed in 2012.

Former artists

Discography

References

External links

Official website
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