We Finally Hear From OF’s Earl Sweatshirt

This past summer, Kelefa Sanneh proposed that he write about Earl Sweatshirt, a preternaturally talented sixteen-year-old rapper. Nine months later, Sanneh has produced an epic eight-thousand-word story that should be read in full. It’s not available free online, but you can get it in the print magazine, in the digital edition, or on an iPad.

More after the jump.

Earl Sweatshirt “Untitled”

Honestly, his name doesn’t work for me, but this unreleased joint does. And the dude on the board is OFWGKTA’s Sage.

Shouts: Complex