Donald Glover Biography
Donald Glover or better know by his stage name childish Gambino has gone through most of his life never wanting to be labeled. Donald wants to stretch his roots as far as he can so he can experiment with different types of art. Glover is adaptable to the change in time and what people think is popular in music right now. He likes to keep himself current when he needs to be, but when he needs to lay low from the media he will do what is needed to seem invisible. Glover will definitely be an artist that won’t be damaged by time. He likes to make content that is different and relatable to others to the point where he has his fans begging for more. All of his music is inspired by previous artist and common pop culture references. Not only does
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His earlier album “Camp” got the most backlash for being immature and insensitive to these heavy topics “What's worse is how he uses heavy topics like race, masculinity, relationships, street cred, and "real hip-hop" as props to construct a false outsider persona.” (Cohen). However he was just describing his own childhood to the audience indulging them in racial stereotypes that he got back in Atlanta Georgia. He grew up being bullied because he was different and wanted to take a different route unlike the other kids. He specifically says this in Sunrise from his album “Camp” where he says “Somethin' for these black kids to call they own” (31). He was getting bullied because sometimes he didn’t follow the African American stereotype “However, his best moments on his 2011 debut Camp arrived when he threw out the humblebrag playbook and exploded our stereotypes of black youth by addressing bullying and growing up in a two-parent household.” (Reeves).He can be strongly heard in the song “Hold you down” where he says things like “White kids get to wear whatever hat they want, when it comes to black kids one size fits all”(33-34) and “This one kid said something that was really bad. He said I wasn’t really black because I had a dad” (59-60). In his latest album “ ‘Awaken, my love” he separates himself completely from his usual rapping routing in his songs. Donald goes more for a
His earlier album “Camp” got the most backlash for being immature and insensitive to these heavy topics “What's worse is how he uses heavy topics like race, masculinity, relationships, street cred, and "real hip-hop" as props to construct a false outsider persona.” (Cohen). However he was just describing his own childhood to the audience indulging them in racial stereotypes that he got back in Atlanta Georgia. He grew up being bullied because he was different and wanted to take a different route unlike the other kids. He specifically says this in Sunrise from his album “Camp” where he says “Somethin' for these black kids to call they own” (31). He was getting bullied because sometimes he didn’t follow the African American stereotype “However, his best moments on his 2011 debut Camp arrived when he threw out the humblebrag playbook and exploded our stereotypes of black youth by addressing bullying and growing up in a two-parent household.” (Reeves).He can be strongly heard in the song “Hold you down” where he says things like “White kids get to wear whatever hat they want, when it comes to black kids one size fits all”(33-34) and “This one kid said something that was really bad. He said I wasn’t really black because I had a dad” (59-60). In his latest album “ ‘Awaken, my love” he separates himself completely from his usual rapping routing in his songs. Donald goes more for a