Royce Da 5’9″ remarked that Tyler, The Creator is “one of the greatest” during a recent post on Instagram. The two met up at DJ Drama‘s private listening event for his forthcoming album I’m Really Like That. Drama held the event in Los Angeles on Saturday, prior to the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
“Me telling @feliciathegoat He’s officially one of the Greatest, in my humble opinion,” Royce captioned a photo of himself with the Odd Future founder. Tyler commented on the post: “thanks for the kind words man.”
While Royce and Tyler have yet to work together, the two previously crossed paths after the release of Eminem’s compilation album Shady XV in 2014. At the time, Tyler labeled the project “fucking ASS.” Royce provided a defense of Tyler being entitled to his own opinion, despite the insult to his Bad Meets Evil partner.
“I don’t really have much of a take on it,” Royce Da 5’9″ told Vlad TV at the time, before continuing, “What can you say? He said his opinion. It’s the kid’s opinion and what am I gonna do? Get mad at him? We’re living in that era now, man. That’s like I go over to a girl house that I’m trying to smash and her little kid [or] little baby brother is in there and he’s like, ‘You smell like marijuana!’ And everybody laugh because it’s the little kid and he’s saying something crazy. And everybody cares because it’s the little kid with the voice. That’s kind of how it is, man. I don’t care, man. What am I gon’ do about that?”
He later recalled meeting Tyler, explaining that he wasn’t offended by what he had to say. “The last time I seen Tyler The Creator, those guys were running around the dressing room with fucking capes and shit on… It just felt like we were in the room with some fun kids,” Royce further said. “And that’s really how I look at them. I’m not about to start getting offended by everything he said or anything like that. If the kid got his opinion, he got his opinion. It’s just what it is.” Check out Royce Da 5’9″’s post for Tyler, The Creator below.
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