Song:This Is America
Album:Grammy Nominees 2019
Actor Donald Glover's musical alter ego Childish Gambino topped the charts and won a bunch of Grammys with This Is America. It's his biggest hit to date. He was born Sept. 25, 1983 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA but he grew up in Stone Mountain, GA. Glover has a degree in dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He also got into DJing and remixing as McDJ. Glover's first job was writing for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2006-09. He also released a 2008 mixtape as Childish Gambino which came from a name generator. He performed with the group Derrick Comedy on Youtube and that led to his role as Troy Barnes in the NBC sitcom Community. He was on that show for four seasons. He released more mixtapes and an EP before signing with Glassnote Records in 2011. Glover records all his music with Swedish producer Ludwig Goransson who also composed the scores for the films Creed and Black Panther. Glover has recorded three albums as Childish Gambino. At the same time he was acting in films like Spider-Man: Homecoming. And he is the creator of the FX TV series Atlanta. In 2017, Glover announced plans to retire the Childish Gambino name. But he changed his mind after signing with RCA Records and released the single This Is America. The song is commentary about the high rate of mass shootings in the US. So it's a controversial song with violent imagery in the video. The song topped the charts and Glover won four Grammys including Record of the Year. RCA announced that This Is America will only be released as a single. It won't be on one of Glover's albums. You can get it as a digital download or on this Grammy Nominees CD. Last year Glover released the EP Summer Pack. It remains to be seen how active Glover will be in music considering his film activities, most recently writing, producing and starring in the Amazon film Guava Island. Here's the video for This Is America by Childish Gambino.
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