Much of today’s rap world is obsessed with full-blast visibility: 24/7 Twitter immersion, nonstop Instagram documentation and an all-press-is-good-press PR strategy. But 21-year-old Los Angeles MC ...

Since summer 2010, preternaturally talented Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt (Thebe Kgositsile) has been living in a Samoan reform school — a situation that’s left OFWGKTA leader Tyler, the Creator, ...

Ironically, Earl Sweatshirt was one of the most visible members of OFWGKTA when the group catapulted to fame a year ago, simply because he was fully off the radar at the time. Regardless of whether ...

In the opening of Earl Sweatshirt's The FADER cover story, writer Mary H.K. Choi noted that his Hollywood apartment was a "nightmare," littered with beer cans, video game paraphernalia and potato chip ...

Alternative rap icon Earl Sweatshirt presented a 26-song set that showcased the immense artistic growth he's seen since he ...

Earl Sweatshirt was under the media's magnifying glass before he could get a driver's license. His gifts were immediately apparent—the songs and mischief Earl cooked up with Odd Future were iconic, ...

This past summer, Kelefa Sanneh proposed that he write about Earl Sweatshirt, a preternaturally talented sixteen-year-old rapper. Nine months later, Sanneh has produced an epic eight-thousand-word ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Earl Sweatshirt, the absent mystery at the center of the Odd Future ...

“I made a promise," says a young voice, hesitant, "I would never rap seriously on the radio. I’m ‘bout to break it for you.” The voice is Thebe Kgositsile, the teenage rapper and producer better known ...

Earl Sweatshirt is the youngest member of the California skate-rap collective Odd Future, and he's been missing in action ever since the crew came to prominence in mid-2010, even though his album EARL ...