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Complex Mag Found Earl Sweatshirt

...and the nigga is in Samoa. There was a line from "TANGGOLF" that I considered a throwaway reference to Earl, because OFWGKTA has always been kind of cryptic about where the lil' homey was. Mad heads just chalked it up to some boot camp shit, as Earl's young and going IN with the content, but possibly has some strict parents. Complex Mag did some motherfucking reporting and found that Earl's parents shipping him out to Samoa, to something called the "Coral Reef Academy", a spot that apparently specializes in what sounds like a deprogramming facility for young men who are doing drugs or drinking. I don't want to speak on what demons (if any) Earl has, but doesn't this just feel a tad bit excessive? I can now understand why Tyler and the rest of OF were seriously shying away from speaking about Earl's whereabouts. Hopefully that nigga can get home soon and live life normally - hopefully picking up the mic and excelling at his talents, but just not as some programmed robot monkey. #FREEEARL forreal.

And I know some people are calling for a hoax - this is elaborate, but not as fanciful as the Passion of the Weiss April Fool's Day piece, but after doing a lot of reading up on the origins of OF, especially with Jeff Weiss' recent piece for the L.A. Times, this just screams "real".

EDIT Or maybe there's a reason why I felt compelled to put quotes around real. Tyler hit twitter to say that the info Complex gave was false. He doesn't go into specifics, so who knows if it's just a piece or all of it is untrue? I'll keep you lot updated...
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