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illuminati_guy

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Malo! Why would nine artist volunteers from Alternative Intervention Models travel over 4,771 miles halfway across the world to the remote South Pacific island of Samoa?

Two words: Earl Sweatshirt.

Yes indeed, the allegedly lost and arguably most gifted young lyrical prodigy (known for over 10 million YouTube views before age 18), is on his way back home to Los Angeles where he will finish high school before launching the next phase of his widely anticipated rap career -- under the wizened guidance of Leila Steinberg, artistic mentor who famously first guided music and screen icon, Tupac Shakur.

Contrary to rumor, Earl hasn't been "missing". Remotely for the past year, Earl has been busy sharpening and collaborating in virtually the same way as other AIM rappers, singers, poets, actors, athletes and dancers who have benefited from Leila's over 25 year legacy of weekly writing workshops held at California spots like PFYC in Santa Monica, LBCC in Long Beach and House of Armour in South Central LA. It was only natural that Earl invited Leila to bring other heART Education artists to have a series of free live AIM workshops in Samoa too.

After three days of flying, including a lay-over in Fiji, amazing AIM alumni like Hope Shorter, Skim Skima, Brah1m Ghavami, Fana Hughes, Sulu Nofoaiga and one of the youngest AIM students, Nyku, are together sharing their artistic gifts with Earl's peers and local Samoans. Learning a unique rich culture as they explore a slice of Earl's extraordinary experience at the Coral Reef Academy, the entire Alternative Intervention Models family is deeply honored to be a positive part of Earl Sweatshirt's journey of maturation, imagination and hip-hop dreams.

http://www.alternativeinterventionmodels.org/index2.html
 
Nuttkase

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[Earl Sweatshirt may not be known in Samoa but google him and you’ll find that his whereabouts for the past 18 months has been under constant discussion in the foreign media.

The star American rapper is a member of the Los Angeles's Odd Future, a gang of a dozen teens – rappers, producers, singers and skaters – who have spent the past year becoming the hottest thing in music. He has been at the Coral Reef Academy at Vaitele for 18 months, and he graduates tomorrow.

Earl, whose real name is Thebe Kgositsile, told the Samoa Observer that “I’ve had to do the majority of growing up here”.
He says it was in Samoa that he learnt humility and the value of family.

“I was a thoroughly disrespectful person before I left, but that was not an option here.”
Earl returns to the USA on Sunday more focused on what he wants to do in life. His first option is to finish high school.

He says he had a lot of support while attending the Academy, including that from his mother and friend, Leila Steinberg.
While in Samoa, he’s learnt how to make the traditional umu; flown to Tonga and swum with the whales and enjoyed the waterfalls and beaches Samoa has to offer.

While in America


, Miss Steinberg says she received an email from Earl. It spoke about how in America, people are taught to think for themselves. Here in Samoa, its more community-oriented. For instance, on a bus, when there’s no room, someone will sit on the other’s lap. In America, one gets pushed away if they get too close.

For his last week in Samoa, he invited Miss Steinberg, who is an artist and community organizer with an organization called Alternative Intervention Models (AIM). She is also the famous rapper Tupac’s first manager.

Miss Steinberg jumped at the invitation and brought a group of 11 up-and-coming artists with her.
Included is Samoan Sulu Gofoaiga, who lives in Long Beach, Los Angeles and is here for his first time. Mr Gofoaiga is the son of Tuala Mafo’e and Masiga.

Miss Steinberg is committed to helping people who fall through the cracks of society. In 1995 she began a series of specialized programmes for youth within the juvenile justice system and those residing in residential treatment facilities.

As hip-hop music became the expression of today's youth, Steinberg began training artists to develop voices powerful enough to reach a generation. While conducting poetry workshops in Northern California, she met Tupac Shakur and he became a regular participant in her class.

They shared a vision of developing a space where each artist in attendance is encouraged, inspired and motivated to address social change in their work. Tupac referred to Leila as the "bow" and himself as the "arrow."

Miss Steinberg says that it’s all about changing hearts, improving self worth and self esteem. “Only people who have value, value life.”
The group is multicultural, bringing together individuals from Korea, Iran, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Turkey, Trinidad, India and others.
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http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.p...amoa-helps-star&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
 
Nuttkase

Nuttkase

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Ray Luv said he still is when someone asked him on twitter but I don't know. This whole AIM group and all of this sounds pretty fishy. I guess we will know come Monday when he is supposed to tweet or some shit lol.
 
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Rezin

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Sounds like they tryin to shape him into somethin they want him to be.

I always wondered if after all this camp stuff he would come back a cleaner version of himself lol.
 
corinthian

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Nuttkase said:
^ He lived with her in the bay area for quite awhile and was the one that got him into really writing poetry, she was also his first manager. Then years later she tried to milk all she could from that.
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yeah, I know all that, but he didn't seem to give two shits about her and her organization once he made it big. so that should tell you something about what he thought of them once he wasn't struggling to come up anymore.
 
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