From key trends to fundamental details, understand everything about Earl Sweatshirt in our latest feature.

• Earl began making and publishing music on his ‘MySpace’ account. Sly Tendencies was his stage moniker back then, and he founded The Backpackerz with his friends Loofy and Jw Mijo. Soon after, in 2009, the band disbanded.
• Earl was found by Tyler the Creator in 2009, and he was recruited into the hip-hop collaborative ‘Odd Future.’ It was when he joined the group that he changed his name to Earl Sweatshirt.
• Earl produced his first official mixtape, Earl, at the age of 16, which gained him attention and critical acclaim.
• Despite the great reception, his mother refused to allow him to continue producing music with Odd Future.
• His mother enrolled him in Coral Reef Academy in Samoa, a therapeutic retreat school, to help him overcome his bad habits.
• In 2012, he returned to the United States and shared a sneak peek of his new single. His homecoming was confirmed via his Twitter account.
• Earl had an appearance on the song “Oldie” from Odd Future’s debut album, The OF Tape Vol. 2.
• Earl founded Tan Cressida, his own record label, in April 2012.
• Earl released his debut solo single, “Chum,” in November 2012, after returning from Samoa.
• Doris, formerly known as Gnossos, was published in August 2013 as his debut album. The album garnered positive reviews and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It also debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart in the United States.
• In March 2015, Earl released his second studio album, “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside.”
• Earl gained greater notice after releasing a ten-minute track called “Solace” on YouTube in April 2015.
• He announced his departure from Odd Future on Twitter.
• Earl was featured on Vince Staples’ tune “New earlsweatshirt-Interlude” off his album FM! Earl and Vince are frequent collaborators, and Vince just informed others that Earl will be releasing a new album soon.
• Earl recently released his third studio album, Some Rap Songs, on November 30, 2018, which he claims is inspired by his father’s death.
• He has worked with a number of artists. Frank Ocean, Domo Genesis, The Alchemist, Flying Lotus, MellowHype, Vince Staples, Mac Miller, and RZA are among them.