Tyler The Creator Mugshot

Tyler, the Creator mugshot refers to the mugshot of Tyler Okonma, also known as Tyler the Creator, released by Austin Police Department, following an arrest on Tyler for allegedly trying to incite a riot.

Online, the mugshot became a popular photoshop exploitable meme, especially among fans of Tyler the Creator, as well as hip hop culture, used ironically in a variety of contexts.

Tyler the Creator’s mugshot

Tyler Gregory Okonma a.k.a. Tyler, the Creator was arrested by the Austin Police Department on March 15^th, 2014 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for having incited a riot a day earlier.

The “Tyler the Creator mugshot” was created and shared by the police department on the same day.

The rapper was allowed to go free in exchange from a $25 000 bond and a Riot-Class A Misdemeanor charge.

Only one day following the arrest, the original image was posted to Reddit‘s /r/ photoshopbattles sub by u/BryanBeast13, calling for photoshop edits.

A lot of creative interpretations were submitted. These images eventually gave foundations to a number of other memes.

During the next few years the meme made appearances mostly in the  /r/tylerthecreator subreddit.

Eventually in 2019, hip hop and rap communities started utilizing the “Tyler, the Creator mugshot” as an ironic meme template.

The format was also featured in a number of occasions on iFunny and Instagram meme pages.

• TMZ – TYLER THE CREATOR ARRESTED For Inciting A Riot
• Reddit – Tyler the Creator’s mugshot
• Reddit – Tyler’s mugshot made it in my yearbook somehow
• iFunny – IronManLOHH’s Post
• Instagram – notkinghill’s Post