Where’s Earl?
Profile of the hip-hop group Odd Future, and the mysterious disappearance of one of its members:
“For the past year, though—since shortly after the release of the ‘Earl’ video—Earl Sweatshirt himself has been missing. He hasn’t been making public appearances with the group, and it seems he hasn’t been making private appearances, either. Last summer, a gnomic message appeared on the group’s Tumblr page: ‘Free Earl.’ In July, when the group announced its first proper home-town concert, at the Key Club, in West Hollywood, the official flyer had Earl’s name crossed out and a terse explanation: ‘Will not be there due to mom.'”
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The New Yorker
Published: May 23, 2011
Length: 32 minutes (8,112 words)