Austin Police DepartmentMusic / NewsSay hi to Tyler the Creator's mugshotThe Odd Future rapper was just arrested in Austin for starting a riotShareLink copied ✔️March 16, 2014MusicNewsTextZing Tsjeng Tyler the Creator has just been arrested for allegedly kicking off a riot at an SXSW gig. He was booked by by Austin police officials right before his flight out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday afternoon. The Odd Future rapper was released on a $25,000 bond but now faces a charge of inciting a riot, which is a Class A Misdemeanor in the state of Texas. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. The incident occurred last Thursday during at afternoon SXSW set at Scoot Inn. The venue was at its full capacity, with 999 people rammed into the space, but Tyler allegedly egged on a large crowd outside to force themselves past security. According to the arrest affidavit, Tyler did this twice, at one point yelling "All y'all outside the gates, y'all push through!" The riot turned ugly, too: according to a bartender at the venue, he was punched while trying to protect some girls who had fallen to the floor during the incident. You can see video of the riot, below: Tyler seems pretty unfazed by being arrested and has already performed at another gig in Dallas. (To be fair, this isn't his first run-in with cops: in 2011, he was arrested during a show at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood and charged with "suspicion of vandalism" for allegedly destroying the venue's sound equipment.) He is, however, pretty unhappy about the riot charge being linked to the hit-and-run tragedy that occured earlier in the week, which happened outside another one of his gigs: Dear You, That Tragedy That Happened Has Absolutly NOTHING To Do With The Show At Thrasher At A Different Location A Day Later - T— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) March 16, 2014So Please Stop Going Out Of Your Way To Mention The Tragedy And Tie Me To It, Thats Not Cool And It Bums Me Out— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) March 16, 2014 A statement on the Austin Police Department website reads, "Regardless of the size of a crowd, the encouragement of unruly and unlawful behavior is against the law and cannot be tolerated." Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE5 of the best Oklou collabs, ranked‘Alt girls get their flowers’: Oklou and PinkPantheress go head-to-head Reebok Your favourite Reeboks are getting a makeoverWatch: fakemink on lust, obsessive fans and his new album, Terrifiedfakemink: ‘I’m the Eminem of the UK underground’Pokémon, pigeons and a car crash: Tracing fakemink’s digital footprint GucciEsDeeKid, Fakemink and more shut down Gucci’s AW26 afterparty5 acts to know from Manchester’s musical undergroundThe 7 most bleak, hopeless and depressing Mitski songs – ranked!February 2026 playlist: All the music we loved from the last monthMagdalena Bay on romance, fate and the best advice they ever receivedEvery Gorillaz album, rankedEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy