Tyler, the Creator faces one year in prison after inciting SXSW 'riot'

It's reported that Tyler, the Creator faces up to one year in prison and a $4000 fine after allegedly inciting a riot during a show at SXSW.

According to the Associated Press, police are alleging the rapper urged fans to "storm the entrance" to the club where he was performing at a Thrasher/Converse show. 

Tyler has denied encouraging fans to indulge in riotous behaviour via his lawyer, Perry Q Minton, who said: "At no time during the...concert did Tyler seek to incite or participate in riotous activity as has been reported in the press.

"It is clear from video clips and witness reports that the patrons and fans attending the show on that date were full of positive energy appropriate for this type of event and never exhibited any anger or aggression whatsoever...

"For law enforcement or the media to describe the rush of fans through the gate and the subsequent benign, boisterous activity as a riot is an unfortunate and inaccurate description of what occurred."

Meanwhile, Tyler's manager Christian Clancy also took to Tumblr to defend Tyler's actions, which he called a "punk rock moment", insisting there was no "anger or aggression" during the show. He also condemned those who linked a fatal car crash, that occured outside an earlier show of Tyler's at SXSW, to the rapper. 

"I understand how easy it is to paint Tyler as a bad guy...I honestly do.. but as someone who has spent a whole lot of time around him i can only say dig deeper. Ask his fans. Ask his friends. Ask my daughter. This is a guy who has never had a drink or drug in his life," Clancy wrote.

Nevertheless, Tyler and Clancy's account of what happened at the show doesn't match up with what one SPIN journalist who was in attendance reported. Garrett Kamps described the moment the crowd burst through the barriers as being "hit like a wave". 

Tyler is currently free, having been released on a $25,000 bail.