The Untold Truth Of Donald Glover

The future award-winning rapper's "first taste of rap," according to theVillage Voice, wasFred Durst, the white rock-rapper who was a star as the frontman of Limp Bizkit in the late '90s and early aughts. "They say there's no place in hip-hop if you're in the suburbs," Glover told the outlet. He added another example: "Kanye

The future award-winning rapper's "first taste of rap," according to the Village Voice, was Fred Durst, the white rock-rapper who was a star as the frontman of Limp Bizkit in the late '90s and early aughts. "They say there's no place in hip-hop if you're in the suburbs," Glover told the outlet. He added another example: "Kanye is a suburban kid. The struggle is finding your place." 

Glover started to find his place at college. As the Village Voice noted, he spent his first year at NYU "mixing beats" until graduating to writing lyrics and rapping over his beats "with rhymes about girls and love." At the time, the rap collective Wu-Tang Clan, inspired a "name-generator" website. While searching for a stage name, Glover used the site and liked one of the results: "Childish Gambino." 

Glover's first commercially released album, Camp in 2011, received some negative results from critics. According to Pitchfork, the album featured "heavy topics like race, masculinity, relationships, street cred, and 'real hip-hop' as props to construct a false outsider persona." The singer changed his approach and for his 2016 album Awaken, My Love! Glover earned critical praise and five Grammy nominations. According to Esquire, "the album cemented Gambino as a radio star and put him on the big screen." His "George Clinton–inspired funk jam" called "Redbone" featured "over the opening credits of 2017's Get Out and went triple platinum."

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