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Posted by Katherine St Asaph on 05/11/2011 at 12:29 PM News

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Today Bruno Mars doesn’t feel like doing anything about a certain stabbing “threat” by Odd Future’s Tyler, The Creator on single “Yonkers.” For those of you who’ve missed this particular Odd Future thread, here’s a rough timeline:

February: Tyler releases “Yonkers” to iTunes. Midway through, in a sudden burst of gleeful vitriol, he says he’s going to “stab Bruno Mars in his goddamn esophagus / and won’t stop until the cops come in.” He’s also got choice (if less printable) words for “Airplanes” collaborators B.o.B and Hayley Williams.

March: B.o.B responds with diss track “No Future,” which is pretty much exactly what you’d expect. Tyler responds via Twitter with either grudging approval or sarcasm: “Whoa. I Don’t Think The ‘No Future’ Song Is Even A Diss. But, Ive Never Heard Him Spit Like That. Took Me By Surprise, Cus Its Tight.”

May: Tyler’s Goblin drops; Mars says Tyler would have to “wait in line” to stab him, because apparently he’s “definitely not the first guy that’s said something like that to me and he’s not going to be the last.” Just the cost of fame, we suppose.

We can’t really blame Bruno Mars for his non-reaction. Tyler’s dis is basically the ’10s version of Eminem’s “all you little boy and girl groups, all you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you,” and while nobody’s listening to, say, 98 Degrees anymore, it’s not like that’s because they’ve been shot. And considering that the recipients of insults on “Yonkers” alone include Jesus, a “hipster with a Pitchfork” and Tyler himself, Bruno Mars has a good deal of company.

Besides, Tyler already mentioned his real beef (we think; it’s hard to tell with Odd Future) back in March—the song construction of B.o.B.’s “Airplanes”:

“Still Hate That Airplanes Song Tho. It Has The Same Chord Progression As Fucking ‘Love The Way You Lie’ And That One Song By Katy Perry.”

OK, so Tyler has a point. But it still seems that Bruno Mars’ vocal cords are not the issue here. We know controversy is Tyler’s selling point and all, but might we suggest that, particularly in light of his non-arrest incident of late, he direct his stabbing impulses at more practical (and non-living) items? Like the F-sharp keys, maybe. Or that one sheaf of sheet music for Katy Perry.

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