Earl Sweatshirt, one of the youngest, lewdest, crudest rappers in the game, is free.
Earl’s story is one of the more interesting ones in recent memory. At the ripe age of 15, he caught on with the LA rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (abbr. OFWGKTA). Odd Future is undeniably the most left-field gang of characters out there: their lyrics are violent, homicidal, suicidal, misogynistic, homophobic and downright unrelenting. In a nutshell, everything that TBAW and the rest of society is so vehemently opposed to. Anyways, Earl began producing mixtapes with Odd Future and quickly identified himself as one of its most prominent members. In my opinion, Earl has the most raw talent and flow out of anyone in the group (sorry, Hodgy). He released his debut studio album, Earl, on March 31, 2010. He was well on his way to rap superstardom, then something delightfully ironic happened: Earl’s momma got in the way.