Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, also known as OFWGKTA (or simply Odd Future or OF), was an American music collective based in Los Angeles County, California. It was founded by Tyler Gregory Okonma, also known as Tyler, The Creator and six other members. They were known for hip-hop music.
History[]
The group was established in 2007 by six members; Tyler, The Creator, Casey Veggies, Hodgy, Left Brain, Matt Martians, and Jasper Dolphin. In 2008, they released their first mixtape, The Odd Future Tape. In 2011, they released their first album, 12 Odd Future Songs. In the artwork, it says, "These are random Odd Future songs that might be preformed at shows for people who dont dig deeper threw the Odd Future Catalog.[sic] We know this art work sucks."[1]
Also, in 2011, Odd Future Records was created by Tyler, the Creator; however, only Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt did not sign. In 2016, the record label became defunct.
Despite making music together less, they sold Odd Future merchandise.
Channel[]
The channel was created on January 3, 2010, and began uploading two days later. Later, in the 2010s, they began uploading official music videos of the members' songs, the first being French by Tyler, the Creator, from his mixtape, Bastard.[2]
On February 10, 2011, Tyler's official music video for Yonkers was published on YouTube, which later became the most viewed video on the channel and the only video on the channel to have over 100 million views.
On December 24, 2013, the channel reached one million subscribers.
Members[]
- Tyler, The Creator
- Frank Ocean
- Earl Sweatshirt
- Left Brain
- Jasper Dolphin
- Hodgy
- Syd
- Domo Genesis
- Mike G
- Taco
- L-Boy
- Matt Martians
- Pyramid Vritra
- Casey Veggies
- Na-Kel Smith
- LegoHead
- Sagan Lockhart
- Lucas Vercetti
- Julian Berman
- Luis Perez
- Brandun DeShay
Disography[]
Albums[]
- 12 Odd Future Songs (2011)
Compilations[]
- The Of Tape Vol. 2 (2012)
Mixtapes[]
- The Odd Future Tape (2008)
- Radical (2010)
Singles[]
- Rella (2012)
- NY (Ned Flander) (2012)
Trivia[]
- The donut-styled logo was based off of Tyler, the Creator drawing donuts on his clothing at school to stand out.[3]
- Odd Future's full nickname was OFWGKTADGAFLLBBLSBFBN, or Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Don't Give a Fuck Litter Life Bacon Boys Loiter Squad Butt Fuck Bitch N****s.[4]
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: December 24, 2013
- 2 million subscribers: c. 2020[note 1]
Notes[]
- ↑ The channel hid their subscriber count in 2015, until YouTube unhid private subscriber counts in August 2022.