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Closed Unban Tyler, The Creator from entering the UK

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The US rapper Tyler, the Creator says he has been banned from the UK because of the nature of his lyrics however i believe this is unjust. He should not have been banned for lyrics he wrote 6-7 years prior and i believe his ban should be lifted, however he hasn't written lyrics like that since.

The letter from the secretary of state for the home department at the time sated in a letter sent to Tyler that his lyrics “encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality”

His manager went into more detail on his Tumblr, saying
more importantly, this is a broader issue of free speech, the letter acknowledged he was writing from an alter ego perspective does this then apply to book writers? What message does that send? is race a conscious or subconscious factor at all?

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