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The New Haven Nose On "This Is America," R. Kelly and Spotify, and Monica and Town & Country
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:49:20
Publish Date: 2018-05-11 12:00:00
Description: Donald Glover can do anything . He's an actor and a comedian, he's a singer and a songwriter, he's a rapper and a DJ. Mainstream audiences know him from Community and maybe the FX series he created, Atlanta . Nerdy audiences know him as the voice of Spider-Man , and they're about to know him as a young Lando Calrissian . But Glover's music -- he sings and raps as Childish Gambino and DJs as mcDJ -- has never quite punched through into the wider popular consciousness, despite some chart success. Until this week, maybe. The new Childish Gambino video, " This Is America ," which dropped last Saturday in concert with Glover's hosting Saturday Night Live , has just about 75 million views on YouTube. It is " a milestone " and " a media phenomenon ," and it has finally made Glover " a superstar ."
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