Tyler, The Creator gave a special shout out to none other than Theresa May during his acceptance speech at the Brit Awards after he won International Male Solo Artist.
Tyler told the crowds: ‘Uhh thank you guys. Uhh, yeah. Uhh shout out to all the British funk from the 80s that I try to copy.
‘Shout out Sony and Colombia for always having my back, thank you. Shout out to all the UK boys that keep this place fun for me at night.
‘And I wanna give a special shout out to someone who I hold dear to my heart, who made it where I couldn’t come to this country five years ago.
‘I know she’s at home p**sed off. Thank you Theresa May.’
So why exactly did Tyler, The Creator mention the former Prime Minister in his speech?
Why was Tyler, The Creator banned from the UK?
It comes after Theresa used anti-terrorism legislation to forbid Tyler from entering the UK in 2015 when he was supposed to perform at Reading and Leeds festival.
Theresa had claimed his music ‘encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality’ and ‘fosters hatred with views that seek to provoke others to terrorist acts’.
He was stopped at customs when he arrived in the UK and was taken to a detention room and shown lyrics from his first two albums.
Tyler celebrated Theresa’s resignation as Prime Minister in 2019 by taking to Twitter to say: ‘Theresa gone, im back’ [sic].
That same year, Tyler returned to the UK for the first time in four years.
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