A few weeks back Complex announced that they had found Earl Sweatshirt. Going one step further, The New Yorker just posted an article, Where’s Earl? The article, which is available on their site in preview form, contains an email interview with Earl, as well as sit downs with his mother and father, who happens to be an accomplished poet from South Africa. Via email, Earl tells the New Yorker that he is doing well and pleased with all the support, yet troubled that support of Earl translates to a condemnation of his mom.
“Initially I was really pleased that all these people claimed they wanted me released because I thought that translated into ‘they care,’ ” writes Earl. “So time progresses and the fan base gets bigger and the ‘Free Earl’ chants get louder, but now with the ‘Free Earl’ chants come a barely indirect ‘… Earl’s mom’ and in the blink of an eye my worry changes from ‘will there still be this hype when I get back to ‘Oh … I just inspired a widespread movement of people who are dedicated to the downfall of my mom.’ “
While searching the web, I found a link to the full piece, which you can download and read here.