Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE put a ring on indie rap's favorite friendship

The Real-Life Wardrobe of Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE, Whose Style Icons Are Jadakiss and MF Doom

The longtime friends just dropped a collaborative album, POMPEII // UTILITY. They reminisce with GQ columnist Christopher Fenimore about mutual Margiela obsessions, becoming “fashioned the f*ck out” in high school, and why Odd Future belongs in the pantheon of streetwear history.

Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE put a ring on indie rap's favorite friendship

A much-hyped double album finds the two reveling in a mutual influence that has bloomed for a decade, shaping a scene in the process.