Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt is one of those rappers I respect more the longer I listen. He arrived as a teenager through Tyler, the Creator's Odd Future collective, but to me his real story is how far he traveled from that chaotic origin. The son of South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, he writes dense, introspective verses that reward patience over hype. Born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile in 1994, he's expanded from rapper into producer, singer and songwriter. I like artists who refuse to coast on early notoriety, and his evolution toward murky, lo-fi soundscapes feels like genuine creative searching rather than reinvention for its own sake.

Name (English)

Earl Sweatshirt

Name (Japanese)

アール・スウェットシャツ

Reading

あーる・すうぇっとしゃつ

Born

February 24, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

rapper / record producer / singer / songwriter / actor

• Official sitehttps://www.earlsweatshirt.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/soapmanwun/
• Xhttps://x.com/earlxsweat
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20Sweatshirt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1033188

Tags

• Illinois
• rapper
• record producer
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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