Born: February 24, 1994
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, aka Earl Sweatshirt,
is a rapper and record producer. Kgositsile was initially known by the moniker
Sly Tendencies when he started rapping. However, he changed his name when
Tyler, the Creator, invited him to join his alternative hip-hop collective Odd
Future in late 2009.
He gained recognition and critical praise at
the age of 16. Shortly after his debut album release, his mother sent him to a
boarding school in Samoa for at-risk teens for a year and a half.
He was unable to record music during his time
there but returned to Los Angeles in February 2012, just before his eighteenth
birthday.
Kgositsile rejoined Odd Future and started producing
new music, releasing his debut studio album Doris in August 2013.
His second album, I Don't Like Sh#t, I Don't
Go Outside. In 2018, he released his third album, Some Rap Songs.