"Yonkers" is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper Tyler, the Creator, released digitally as the second single from his second album, Goblin on February 14, 2011.
[1]Tyler disses numerous musicians in the song, most notably Hayley Williams, B.o.B, and Bruno Mars.
"[4][5] The music video for "Yonkers", directed by Tyler, was released via Odd Future's YouTube channel on February 10, 2011.
Shot in black-and-white using a perspective control lens, the video features Tyler performing the song on a chair in a blank room while handling and later eating a cockroach, which causes him to vomit.
The video concludes with Tyler taking off his shirt, realizing that his nose has started bleeding, and hanging himself.
[7] On February 23, 2011, rapper Kanye West stated on Twitter that he thought the "Yonkers" video was the best of 2011.
[10] Claire Suddath of Time named "Yonkers" the eighth best song of 2011, describing it as "minimalistic rap" and "a piece of performance art", concluding that it "creates a thrilling sense of uneasiness that the music world hadn't seen since the early days of punk".