Why did rapper Earl Sweatshirt go to jail?

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Why did the rapper Earl Sweatshirt go to jail? Could you provide details about the incident and its impact on his career? Thank you in advance for your insights.

Adeline Goyette · Accepted Answer

Earl Sweatshirt did not go to jail. He returned home in February 2012 from a reform school located in Samoa.

Earl's time at the reform school was not public knowledge at first, and while he was away, he became a sort of music industry urban legend, complete with a "Free Earl" fan campaign and a media manhunt.

In Samoa, Earl took courses and spoke with therapists. He swam with whales, earned a scuba diving license, watched every episode of “The Mentalist” on DVD, introduced his classmates to Lil B, and began learning how to play the piano.

He read Manning Marable’s biography of Malcolm X and Richard Fariña’s counterculture fiction. He wrote rhymes. Most of his verse on “Oldie,” his one contribution to “The OF Tape Vol. 2” (Odd Future), released in March, was written while he was in Samoa, before he knew if he would ever have a song to put it on.

He let his friends know where he was when he arrived in Samoa but was only able to communicate sporadically. As part of the Coral Reef curriculum, he also performed community service, spending time working at the Samoa Victim Support Group, a center for survivors of sexual abuse, including children.

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Why did rapper Earl Sweatshirt go to jail?

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