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"This Is America" is a song by American rapper Childish Gambino. Written by Gambino, Ludwig Göransson, & fellow American rapper Young Thug (who provides additional vocals) and produced by the former two, it was released on May 6, 2018, at the same time that Gambino was hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live.
Childish Gambino was mentioned directly in the song while his similar song, "This Is America" is mentioned indirectly by Residente, generating some controversy. Residente mentioned on the subject stating that he is a fan of Gambino, and that when he was going to launch "This Is America", he at first thought that "this was going to be over the ...
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Glover performing as Childish Gambino at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City in 2010 His first extended play , titled EP , was released as a free digital download in March 2011. [ 57 ] A music video for the song "Freaks and Geeks" was released in that month and Glover hosted the MTVU Woodie Awards at South By Southwest .
He shared in the 2019 Song of the Year Grammy for co-writing Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.” ... “There will be a time to discuss the criminalization of hip-hop lyrics and the use of ...
The song then re-entered and peaked at number 12 on the chart for the week of August 19, 2017, [22] making it Gambino's highest-charting single at the time (since surpassed by "This Is America") and his first top 20 single. The song became Childish Gambino's first ever number-one single on the Adult R&B chart.
It is a cover of Childish Gambino's "This Is America". Falz's father Femi Falana performed background vocals on the track. [1] "This Is Nigeria" addresses a number of societal issues prevalent in Nigeria, including SARS brutality, codeine abuse and unrestrained killings. [2]
Sunday night’s “This Is America” tour stop could have been seen as a funeral for Childish Gambino — the musical alter-ego Donald Glover has said he’s retiring after this tour and ...