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8. Important Friends

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Running down the list, first Kanye West tweeted Tyler’s video for 'Yonkers' -- it has close to 39 million views on YouTube -- last year. Pharrell was then rumored to have signed Tyler to his I Am Other record label. Sprinkle in collaborations with Game and Lil Wayne -- 'Martians vs. Goblins' -- plus Pusha T -- 'Trouble On My Mind' -- and it’s pretty obvious that rap heavyweights love Tyler, the Creator. Not to mention his own Odd Future people like Frank Ocean, Syd the Kid, Earl Sweatshirt, etc. are growing in fame as well. That’s a pretty strong LinkedIn network, don’t you think?