Yonkers

"Yonkers" is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper Tyler, the Creator, released digitally as the second single from his debut studio album Goblin on February 14, 2011. It received controversy due to its violent lyrics and numerous disses, although it was critically acclaimed and landed on numerous year-end lists. Tyler also directed a music video for the single, which was also met with positive critical reception and earned him the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Numerous magazine publications noted "Yonkers" as Tyler's breakout song. Background The song is named after Yonkers, New York. Tyler claimed to have created the beat in eight minutes as a parody of stereotypical 1990s New York hip hop: Content and controversy Tyler disses numerous musicians in the song, most notably Hayley Williams, B.o.B, and Bruno Mars. He also dissed Mars in the Game's song "Martians vs. Goblins". In response, B.o.B released a disstrack titled "No Future" in reference to Tyler's rap group Odd Future. Tyler praised the song and claimed that he did not initially think it was a diss track. In response to the line "stab Bruno Mars in his goddamn esophagus", Mars said, "[Tyler] has to wait in line if he wants to stab me... he's definitely not the first guy that's said something like that to me and he's not going to be the last." Rapper Capital Steez sampled the song in his song "Negus", using the same opening line, "I'm a fucking walking paradox." Music video