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Earl Sweatshirt on March 15, 2013
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| Birth name | Thebe Neruda Kgositsile |
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February 24, 1994 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Website | earlsweatshirt |
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (born February 24, 1994), better known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, is an American recording artist and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He originally went by the moniker Sly Tendencies in 2008, but soon changed it when Tyler, The Creator invited him to join his hip hop collective Odd Future in late 2009. He gained recognition and critical praise for his debut mixtape Earl, released in March 2010. Following its release, his mother sent him to a boarding school in Samoa until his eighteenth birthday, and he was not able to produce new music for a year and a half.
After returning to Los Angeles in February 2012, Earl rejoined Odd Future and started producing new music. Earl released his debut studio album, Doris in August 2013. His sophomore album, I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt followed in March 2015. Both received widespread critical acclaim. He is currently signed to Columbia Records as well as his independent label Tan Cressida. As well as to his solo and Odd Future careers, Earl is also one half of EarlWolf with Tyler, The Creator, one half of Sweaty Martians with Matt Martians, and one half of Hog Slaughta Boyz with Na'kel.
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile was born to Cheryl Harris, a law professor at University of California, Los Angeles, and Keorapetse Kgositsile, a South African poet and political activist. Harris and Kgositsile separated when Thebe was eight years old. He attended the UCLA Lab School in Los Angeles and New Roads High School in Santa Monica.
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