The American jack of all trades dropped the controversial This Is America on Saturday Night Live this past Saturday, and not only is the view count on YouTube already at a staggering 63 million, but it seems like it’s the hot topic of the week all over the western world! How the World Sees—and Seeks to Limit—Black Genius. Working under his rap pseudonym Childish Gambino, Glover, like Walker, suggests a story of impossible escape. Written by Glover, Ludwig Göransson, and Jeffery Lamar Williams, and produced by Glover and Göransson, it was released on May 5, 2018, at the same time that Gambino was hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live. "This Is America" is a song by American rapper Donald Glover, under his musical stage name Childish Gambino. A Racial Analysis of Childish Gambino's "This is America" The choir scene does not only mean what you think it does.
Posted May 09, 2018 This post has been updated. Genius has this amazing series in which artists tell you the meaning of their songs. Unless your internet had cut out, there is no way you could have missed Childish Gambino’s new music video. Donald Glover had quite the weekend. While it is nice to hear from the source what a song is supposed to mean, we have to ask whether the meaning it is "supposed" to have matters if we did not notice it. While hosting “Saturday Night Live,” Donald Glover dropped a music video for the new single “This Is America” by his rapper alter ego Childish Gambino. The actor hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was the musical guest as his rap/R&B alter ego, Childish Gambino. America, I just checked my following list and You go tell somebody You mothafuckas owe me Grandma told me Get your money, Black man (Black man) Get your money, Black man (Black man) Get your money, Black man (get your, Black man) Get your money, Black man (get your, Black man)