Earl Sweatshirt

Los Angeles-based rapper Thebe Neruda Kgositsile creates music under the moniker Earl Sweatshirt. He emerged out of the city's underground hip-hop scene as part of Tyler, The Creator's group Odd Future in 2010, just before releasing his debut solo album, Earl. After a short departure from music, Earl Sweatshirt returned to making music only to find out his notoriety in the hip-hop community had spiked. Upon returning to Los Angeles, he submerged himself into several projects, including joining the hip-hop collective OFWGKTA and recording his sophomore studio album Doris, which was released in 2013.