Controversial American rapper Tyler The Creator pulls pin on Australian tour after petition protest

AMERICAN rapper Tyler The Creator has canned his Aussie tour, after being targeted by an online campaign protesting against his lyrics.

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2011 file photo shows Tyler the Creator posing backstage with the award for best new artist backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. PepsiCo said it immediately pulled the 60-second Mountain Dew ad after learning that people found it was offensive. The ad was part of a series developed by African-American rapper Tyler, The Creator, and depicted a battered white woman on crutches being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

AMERICAN rapper Tyler The Creator has canned his Australian tour which was the target of an online campaign run by activists protesting against lyrical content, which glorified violence against women.

Tyler claimed last month he had been banned from bringing his Cherry Bomb World Tour to Australia because of a Collective Shout petition urging Immigration Minister Peter Dutton not to issue the rapper with a visa.

His promoter Frontier Touring clarified that he had not prohibited from entering the country but there were issues for his visa.

But today they confirmed the tour was off.

Angry ... Tyler The Creator performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago last week.

“We would much rather come to Australia when it isn’t surrounded in controversy. I love my fans there and hopefully I’ll be back soon. Don’t do drugs,” Tyler said in a statement issued by Frontier.

Women involved in Collective Shout, which state on their website they are a campaigning movement protesting the “objectification of women and sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture”, have previously been trolled on social media for speaking out against Tyler The Creator’s music.

T IS NOW BANNED FROM AUSTRALIA, YOU WON @CoralieAlison IM HAPPY FOR YOU — Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) July 27, 2015

I AM SO BUMMED THAT I CANT GO TO A PLACE THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH, IT SUCKS, BUT YO, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT OTHERS SAY, NO WAY, EVER

— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) July 29, 2015

“Our 2013 campaign against US misogynist pro-rape rapper Tyler the Creator was one of the most intense campaigns we’ve ever run,” they posted on their website.

“His incitement of violence towards one of our activists made headlines around the world and was cited when New Zealand Immigration authorities blocked his entry there last year.

“Tyler the Creator plans to return to Australia this September. Collective Shout has written to the Immigration Minister asking him to deny his visa.”

Tyler singled out director Coralie Alison when he claimed he was banned last month.

She became the target on online bullying from his fans, with the rapper again taking to Twitter to distance himself from the anti-social behaviour.

Collective Shout posted Frontier’s announcement of the cancellation with the word “WIN!”

“Frontier Touring sincerely apologises to all those affected by this cancellation. Existing ticketholders are entitled to a refund ...,” the promoter said with details via frontiertouring.com

Originally published as Controversial American rapper Tyler The Creator pulls pin on Australian tour after petition protest