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Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, who goes by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, is a critically acclaimed rapper born in Chicago, Illinois, to a highly educated family, with his father being a South African poet who graduated from Columbia and his mother a UCLA School of Law professor.

Unfortunately, his parents divorced when he was six, leaving him to stay with his mother in California. Earl Sweatshirt began his career very early on in his life, making his first mixtape in 7th grade under the name Sly Tendencies.

In 2009, he connected with Tyler, the Creator via MySpace, where he joined Odd Future, Tyler, the Creator’s rap group.

This change led him to change his stage name from Sly Tendencies to Earl Sweatshirt. Through this new group, he produced his first “debut” mixtape. So, on March 31st of 2010, Sweatshirt released his mixtape titled “Earl” to critical acclaim, appearing on Complex’s Top 100 Albums of the Year in 24th place.

After the release of “Ear