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Earl Sweatshirt (born February 24, 1994 ; real name Thebe Neruda Kgositsile ) is an American rapper , producer , songwriter and member of the hip-hop collective Odd Future .
biography
Earl Sweatshirt's parents are Cheryl Harris, a professor at the University of California , Los Angeles, and Keorapetse Kgositsile , a South African poet and political activist. Sweatshirt grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from New Roads High School in Santa Monica. His father left him at the age of six, and he deals with this fact in the song Chum .
Before Thebe started rapping under the name Earl Sweatshirt, he was a member of The Backpackerz group as Sly Tendencies . In 2009, Tyler, the Creator Earl discovered on his Myspace page, on the tracks of his mixtape Kitchen Cutlery were published. The mixtape was neither completed nor officially released. Earl Sweatshirt joined the hip hop collective Odd Future . After Earl released his first mixtape Earl , he disappeared. His mother had taken him to Coral Reef Academy , a therapeutic school for young men outside the Samoan capital, Apia , because of his frequent marijuana use and school problems . He had therapy two or three times a day, swam with whales, watched all of The Mentalist's episodes , learned to play the piano, and read Manning Marable's Malcolm X biography. On February 8, 2012, the rumor spread that Earl was back in America . In a video uploaded to YouTube , he promised to publish a full track should he get 50,000 followers on Twitter . The project succeeded within three hours, after which Home was published on its website. At the end of the track, Earl confirms his return with the words " ... and I'm back. Bye. ". Earl Sweatshirt runs its own label, Tan Cressida , which is supported by Columbia Records . Nevertheless, future publications will also appear under the Odd Future logo.
In November, the single Chum was released after Earl returned from Samoa . On November 12th, he announced that his third album would be called Gnossos , and that the title of his second album Doris will be released in December . The official music video for Chum came out in December. On March 6th he presented three new songs ( Burgundy , Hive and Guild ). The song Whoa was released on March 12th via iTunes.
Discography
Studio albums
- Doris (2013)
- I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside (2015)
- Some Rap Songs (2018)
EPs
- Feet of Clay (2019)
Mix tapes
- Earl (2010)
Albums with Odd Future
- Radical (2010)
- The OF Tape Vol. 2 (2012)
List of titles as guest musicians
title | year | album | Artist |
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AssMilk | 2009 | bastard | Tyler, The Creator |
CopKiller | 2010 | YelloWhite | Mellowhype |
Stick up | 2010 | Ali | Mike G |
Chordaroy | 2010 | BlackenedWhite | Mellowhype |
PNCINTLOFWGKTA | 2012 | Customized Greatly Vol. 3 | Casey Veggies |
oldie | 2012 | The OF Tape Vol.2 | Odd future |
Super rich kids | 2012 | Channel Orange | Frank Ocean |
Elimination Chamber | 2012 | No idols | Domo Genesis & The Alchemist |
Daily News | 2012 | No idols | Domo Genesis & The Alchemist |
Gamebreaker | 2012 | No idols | Domo Genesis & The Alchemist |
P2 | 2012 | Numbers | Mellowhype |
Between Friends | 2012 | Duality | Captain Murphy |
Rusty | 2013 | wolf | Tyler, The Creator |
JM | 2013 | Jellyfish Mentality | The Jet Age Of Tomorrow |
Yacht lash | 2013 | High tide | Harry Fraud & Riff Raff |
Robes | 2014 | Pinata | Madlib & Freddie Gibbs |
Ramona Park Legend (Part 2) | 2015 | Summertime '06 | Vince Staples |
Really doe | 2016 | Atrocity Exhibition | Danny Brown |
Music videos
title | year | Director |
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Earl | 2010 | AG Rojas |
Chum | 2012 | Hiro Murai |
Whoa | 2013 | Wolf Haley |
Grief | 2015 | Hiro Murai |
Collaborations
- EarlWolf (with Tyler, The Creator )
- Sweaty Martians (together with Matt Martians)
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
- ↑ Brief review of Pinata by Madlib & Freddie Gibbs including Robes with Earl Sweatshirt , published on April 4, 2014, accessed on June 3, 2015.
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SURNAME | Sweatshirt, Earl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kgositsile, Thebe Neruda (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rapper, producer and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1994 |