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Thebe Neruda Kgositsile [a] (born February 24, 1994), also known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, is a South African-American rapper and record producer.Kgositsile was originally known by the moniker Sly Tendencies when he began rapping in 2008, but changed his name when Tyler, the Creator invited him to join his alternative hip hop collective Odd Future in late 2009.
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill ... Odd Future completed a two-stop tour and the first was in London on November 5, 2010. ... [50] Earl, Tyler, Jasper, Taco, and L-Boy did ...
Earl is notable for its depraved and violent lyrics, which detail the fictional misadventures of the young Earl Sweatshirt, as he commits acts of murder, rape, kidnapping, and violence. The album features production by BrandenBeatBoy (credited as BeatBoy) and fellow Odd Future members Tyler, the Creator and Left Brain.
Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt, left, Tyler, the Creator and Domo Genesis outside the New York City theater of "Late Show With David Letterman" on April 3, 2013. (Taylor Hill / WireImage)
Okonma and the rest of Odd Future eventually signed a deal with Red Distribution/Sony in April 2011. [33] His second studio album, Goblin, was released May 10, 2011. [34] Okonma and fellow Odd Future member Hodgy Beats made their television debut on February 16, 2011, when they performed "Sandwitches" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. [35]
Odd Future Records was founded by Tyler, the Creator in 2011 as a means to release material from the Odd Future collective. [2] [3] Despite this, members Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean did not sign. [4] Hardcore punk band Trash Talk signed in 2012. [5] [6]
“Then they snuck around. As a group, they secretly met. And listen, they’re adults. We don’t put restrictions on what people do or don’t do,” he says.
Doris is the debut studio album by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. It was released on August 20, 2013, through Odd Future Records and Tan Cressida Records, and distributed by Columbia Records. Doris follows his first mixtape, Earl, which was released in 2010 when he was sixteen. After returning from a forced stay in a Samoan boarding school ...