After being banned from Australia, Tyler, the Creator can now add the entirety of the UK to a list of places that will not be stamping his passport. The notorious artist took to Twitter today, sharing a Tumblr post written by his longtime manager Christian Clancy that clarified the cause of the 3-5 year ban. Apparently the UK secretary of state isn't a big Tyler fan, as violent lyrics inciting intolerance of homosexuality from Tyler's earliest albums were cited as the main cause of the decision. Given that Tyler was touring in Europe in recent weeks, and stayed in London only last month, the breaking news is that much harder to come to grips with. Clancy stated the following:

tyler has been banned from entering the UK for somewhere between 3 to 5 years per a letter from the secretary of state for the home department of the united kingdom. the letter specifically cites lyrics he wrote 6-7 years ago for his albums bastard and goblin – the type of lyrics he hasn’t written since… highlights from the letter include that his work “encourages violence and intolerance of homosexuality” and “fosters hatred with views thats seek to provoke others to terrorist acts..” i grew up on NWA, eminem and rage against the machine, so its hard to me to fully wrap my head this thought process and its implications.

BASED ON LYRICS FROM 2009 I AM NOT ALLOWED IN THE UK FOR 3-5 YEARS ( although i was there 8 weeks ago) THAT IS WHY THE SHOWS WERE CANCELLED.

— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) August 26, 2015 Read the full explanation here.

UPDATE: The UK Home Office has weighed in with an official statement on the matter:

Coming to the UK is a privilege, and we expect those who come here to respect our shared values. The Home Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds.

UPDATE II: As the back and forth continues, Tyler speaks out to The Guardian in regards to the moment his ban was delivered.

“Monday was one of the shittiest days I’ve ever had. I was in a detention room; I felt like a criminal. And then [a Border Force officer] showed me lyrics from songs... literally, a paper with five lines of lyrics... Thirty minutes later, the guy comes in, he gives me a paper, and he says, ‘OK, they’re not letting you in the country.’ The paper said I couldn’t come at all, saying that I support homophobia and acts of terrorism, and [it said] some other stuff. I’m just like, one, none of that is true, and two, I was here seven weeks ago."

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"The thing that irks me about it is that the paper saying I am denied entry to the UK clearly states that these songs were written from [the perspective of] an alter ego – which means they obviously did some research on these songs that they’re detaining me for. So the argument is right there! This song is written from an alter ego – I’m not like this! You could watch any interview and see my personality, see the guy I am. I wouldn’t hurt a fly."