Tyler The Creator Plays Sold Out SXSW Show Post Arrest

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Tyler The Creator Plays Sold Out SXSW Show Post Arrest

Just hours after being released from jail in connection with a misdemeanor charge of inciting a riot,  Tyler the Creator, played to a sold out show in Dallas.

CelebNMusic247.com has learned that  Tyler Gregory Okonma aka Tyler The Creator was arrested at Austin-Bergstrom Airport on Saturday.

Apparently inciting a riot is a misdemeanor, go figure? Oh yeah and get this the misdemeanor carries a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.

Can you believe that?

Tyler was released Saturday after securing a $25,000 bond and played a sold-out show at the House of Blues in Dallas. The rapper’s publicist declined to comment about the arrest.

Police say the 23-year-old Los Angeles resident incited a large crowd of fans to push their way past venue employees controlling access to a Thursday unofficial day party that was already at full capacity.

Officers who were at the scene said in a warrant that Tyler yelled for fans to push their way inside twice, and that a bartender had to protect a woman from injury in the resulting push.

Police released a video from the concert that shows scores of fans bursting through a gate at the Scoot Inn in downtown Austin.

This is not the first time Tyler and his Odd Future collective have been in trouble with the law. In February, the group was denied visa’s to travel to New Zealand. Their list of bad behavior continues back “including incidents at past performances in which they have incited violence.” However, the group’s manager, Christian Clancy, defended them last month after the New Zealand decision, saying they were young at the time and were being judged too harshly.

Really???

Thoughts?

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