Key Takeaways:

• Earl Sweatshirt revealed he has not spoken to Frank Ocean “in a brick,” regardless of their Odd Future historical past.
• He praised Frank’s jewellery model Homer and mentioned he may purchase a chunk.
• Earl’s new album explores private progress and options artists like Erykah Badu.

Earl Sweatshirt and singer Frank Ocean each rose to fame as a part of the Odd Future collective within the early 2010s. But in a current interview, the enigmatic rapper and producer admitted he and the “Novacane” singer haven’t spoken a lot lately.

The subject of his relationship together with his Odd Future comrades got here up throughout Earl’s look on the New York Times’ “Popcast.” “I talk to [Tyler, the Creator] more than I talk to Frank. I haven’t talked to Frank in a brick,” mentioned the now 31-year-old man born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile.

But the 2 artists aren’t at odds, no pun meant. Earl went on to reward Ocean’s jewelry-making enterprise, sharing how impressed he was with it. “He is doing that s**t,” mentioned Earl, who appeared on “Super Rich Kids” from Ocean’s Channel Orange album. “He’s making jewelry, like… He can drop anytime he wants. Or not. He can drop a chain on y’all. I’m about to cop.”

Ocean initially launched his Homer fantastic jewellery model in 2018. It relaunched in 2025 to optimistic fanfare, with a webshop promoting diamond, silver, and gold equipment. Homer additionally has bodily shops in New York City, London, and Los Angeles. While the jewellery enterprise appears to be treating him nicely, Ocean’s final album stays 2016’s Blonde, leaving followers to take a position when — or if — he’ll launch new music.

As for Earl, on Friday (Aug. 22), he dropped Live Laugh Love, his first album since 2022’s SICK! The new 11-track mission, his sixth LP, contains vocals from Erykah Badu and clocks in at underneath half-hour. Live Laugh Love’s rollout was transient, with Earl solely asserting the discharge date on Aug. 20 with a sequence of meme-filled Instagram posts.

The album’s launch marketing campaign additionally included a listening party in Los Angeles — Earl Sweatshirt himself didn’t attend.