21 Facts About Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt's fifth album, Voir Dire, was a collaborative project with record producer the Alchemist.

Earl Sweatshirt's father is often mentioned in Kgositsile's music and was called a "complicated figure" by Pitchfork.

Earl Sweatshirt was presented as a person that was often absent in Kgositsile's life, due to him living in South Africa while Kgositsile lived in Los Angeles, California.

Kgositsile later changed his pseudonym to Earl Sweatshirt and joined Tyler's rap group, Odd Future.

Earl Sweatshirt was a fan of the multi-instrumentalists James Pants, and decided to follow suit with the clothing theme and come up with the last name Sweatshirt.

Earl Sweatshirt was named the 24th-best album of 2010 by Complex.

Earl Sweatshirt wrote rhymes, including most of his verse on "Oldie", his only contribution to Odd Future's studio album The OF Tape Vol.

Earl Sweatshirt's hiatus led to a movement known as "Free Earl", which stemmed from a post on Odd Future's Tumblr.

Earl Sweatshirt appeared on the song "Oldie" from Odd Future's debut album The OF Tape Vol.

Earl Sweatshirt turned down several other larger offers due to his priority of remaining close to Odd Future.

Earl Sweatshirt was featured on the track "Super Rich Kids" from Frank Ocean's debut album, channel ORANGE, which released digitally July 10,2012.

Earl Sweatshirt was featured on the album again on the tracks "Daily News", featuring himself, SpaceGhostPurrp, and Action Bronson and "Gamebreaker".

Earl Sweatshirt was featured on MellowHype's second and final studio album, Numbers, on the track "P2".

Earl Sweatshirt cited inspiration from Richard Farina's 1966 novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.

Earl Sweatshirt ultimately decided to take the album in another direction under the name I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside.

Earl Sweatshirt says he considers this his first album because he feels he can "back up everything, the good and the bad".

Earl Sweatshirt stated to NPR that he was making an album called "Solace" inspired by his mother, however the project has been categorized as an EP.

Subsequently, Earl Sweatshirt did not appear at Camp Flog Gnaw in 2015, which many speculated to be due to a conflict between himself and Tyler.

Vince later said "Earl Sweatshirt is back" and that "his album coming soon" on his Beats 1 show 'Ramona Radio'.

In July 2024, Earl Sweatshirt was one of the performers for the Artists for Aid Benefit Concert in London which raised funds for the Gaza Strip and Sudan.

Earl Sweatshirt has been vocal about being a lyricist but instead using his abstract delivery of metaphors to show his artistry when it comes to his music.