143-592: The This Is America Tour was the fifth concert tour by American recording artist Childish Gambino . The tour began in the summer of 2018, playing over 30 shows in North America and Europe. Donald Glover, the individual behind the Childish Gambino pseudonym announced his intention to retire the name in June 2017, telling the audience "I'll see you for the last Gambino album" before walking off stage at
286-619: A Guinness World Record as the first hip hop song to win in the former two categories. His fourth album, 3.15.20 , was released in 2020. In 2024, he released Atavista , a reworking of 3.15.20 , and later his fifth album Bando Stone & the New World . Donald McKinley Glover Jr. was born at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California , on September 25, 1983; he grew up in Stone Mountain, Georgia , where his father
429-581: A Jet Propulsion Laboratory astrodynamicist who helps rescue an astronaut, played by Matt Damon , stranded on Mars . Glover contributed to the soundtrack of Creed (2015), a film in the Rocky film series, providing vocals to the song "Waiting For My Moment" and co-writing another titled "Breathe". After being in development since August 2013, FX ordered the Atlanta series in December 2014, announcing
572-446: A " punk rap opus", and Rolling Stone called it an " industrial-rap opus". Slant Magazine critic Ted Scheinman described the album as "built on alien, angular beats, slowly morphing drones and sirens, abrupt periods of silence, and a pulse-quickening style of delivery from Yeezy himself", writing that West reconceives the "notion of what kind of music (or noise) can underpin hip-hop". According to Charles Aaron of Spin , Yeezus
715-413: A "decrepit Drake ". He began DJing and producing electronic music under the moniker MC DJ (later as mcDJ) remixing Sufjan Stevens ' album Illinois (2005). In 2006, Glover caught the attention of producer David Miner after Glover sent writing samples including a spec script that he had written for The Simpsons . Miner and Tina Fey were impressed by Glover's work and hired him to become
858-689: A 10-episode season in October 2015, which premiered on September 6, 2016, to widespread critical acclaim. Glover writes, occasionally directs, executive produces, and stars in the series as Earnest "Earn" Marks, a Princeton dropout who manages his rapper cousin as they navigate through the Atlanta hip hop scene. For his work on the show, Glover has earned various accolades, including Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in
1001-508: A 2016 BBC interview with Annie Mac , West explained the album cover; "The whole concept for the Yeezus album is that we're not going to be using CDs in the future and since this is the last time we're going to see it, this is an open casket for the CD." Def Jam confirmed in late June 2013 that "Black Skinhead" would be serviced to American radio as the album's first single on July 2, 2013, and that
1144-463: A Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series , making him the first black person to win an Emmy for the latter category. Due to the success of the series, FX signed Glover to an exclusive deal to write and produce more shows for the network. The first of these shows was an animated series featuring the Marvel Comics character Deadpool , which was set to premiere in 2018 but
1287-457: A God ", and a sample of 1970s Hungarian rock group Omega on "New Slaves". "On Sight" interpolates a melody from "Sermon (He'll Give Us What We Really Need)" by the Holy Name of Mary Choral Family, although the track originally sampled an old vocal track from the original recording. "Bound 2" features heavy soul music samples and has been described as the only song on Yeezus which recalls
1430-514: A September 2013 interview with radio DJ Zane Lowe , West said of Rubin that "he's not a producer, he's a reducer". For several days in late May and early June 2013, West and a "rotating group of intimates, collaborators and hangers-on" holed up at Rubin's Shangri-La studio in Malibu in service of completing the record. Rubin thought it impossible to meet the deadline and all involved ended up working long hours with no days off in order to complete
1573-742: A collaborative compilation album between members of West's record label GOOD Music . For Yeezus , West enlisted several collaborators, including Kid Cudi , Charlie Wilson , S1 , the Heatmakerz , Mike Dean , Hudson Mohawke , Skrillex , Young Chop , Chief Keef , Frank Ocean , Odd Future , Travis Scott , The-Dream , Cyhi the Prynce , Malik Yusef , King L , John Legend , James Blake , RZA , Mase , and Pusha T . The album features additional vocals by Justin Vernon , Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef, King L, Assassin , and Charlie Wilson. West
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#17328010995281716-504: A comedian, performing a set with Bill Bailey . His one-hour stand-up special, Weirdo , aired on Comedy Central in November 2011. For his 2011 debut studio album, Glover approached Community 's score composer, Ludwig Göransson for production assistance; Göransson has become his most frequent collaborator. Prior to its release, Glover signed with Glassnote Records and embarked on The Sign-Up Tour. The album titled Camp ,
1859-642: A comedy group, Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock at age 23. He gained fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2014. From 2016 to 2022, he starred in the FX series Atlanta , which he created and occasionally directed. For his work on Atlanta , he won various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards , as well as two Golden Globe Awards . Glover has appeared in several films, including
2002-434: A deal to create a music-themed show for FX titled Atlanta , in which he would star, write, and serve as an executive producer. Although several networks were interested in picking up his half-hour comedy, he chose FX due to their willingness to work around his touring schedule. He had a supporting role in the romantic comedy The To Do List (2013), which performed below expectations, and guest starred in two episodes of
2145-461: A departure from the normal playlists found on hip-hop stations. "When I listen to radio, that ain't where I wanna be no more", stated West at his headlining June 9, 2013 Governor's Ball performance, where he unveiled several tracks from the record for the first time. Rolling Stone summarized the audience's response: "Half the crowd cheered, half almost audibly rolled their eyes". West's June 11 interview with Jon Caramanica of The New York Times
2288-524: A director and executive producer on the show, the series is the first project from his deal with Amazon Studios . In an October 2022 interview with Variety , Community creator Dan Harmon said that he believes Glover would be in the upcoming Sony Pictures and Peacock produced Community film. "I think that Donald is coming, based on word of mouth, but it's just the deal isn't official or wasn't official. It would be difficult to really commit to doing this thing without Donald," Harmon said. "So I believe he
2431-629: A drastic departure". In a highly positive review, AllMusic 's David Jeffries opined that the album was an "extravagant stunt with the high-art packed in, offering an eccentric, audacious, and gripping experience that's vital and truly unlike anything else". Ann Powers of NPR described the album as "juxtaposing avant-garde industrial and electronic innovations with the high romantic hip-hop West had already perfected." Rock artist Lou Reed reviewed Yeezus in July 2013 shortly before his death, describing it as majestic and inspiring. "He's really trying to raise
2574-577: A fucking idiot. You'll never see Jesus banging his head". American rapper Hopsin dissed West over the album within the lyrics of his single " Hop Is Back " in October 2013, while the music video included Hopsin reenacting one of West's numerous encounters with the paparazzi. That same month, Hopsin went on to explain the diss, admitting that he is a fan of West who likes a lot of his older music and viewing Yeezus as West "on some straight up [bullshit]". Jay-Z described Yeezus as "polarizing", though claimed "that's what great art is" and that West "pushes
2717-518: A major fashion designer, who informed West of his invitation to a widely anticipated runway show on the condition he agree to not attend other shows. " I'm in It " began with a different sample and melody, but West removed the sample and Rubin edited the track down from a six-minute arrangement. " Blood on the Leaves ", which samples Nina Simone 's 1965 rendition of " Strange Fruit " and was the first track in
2860-671: A music video for the track was being produced. It was officially released to radio in the United Kingdom on June 19. The song peaked at number 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 34 on the UK Singles Chart . In August 2013, it was revealed that " Bound 2 " would be released as the second single from Yeezus . "Bound 2" features vocals from American soul singer Charlie Wilson and incorporates numerous samples into its production, including prominent elements of
3003-559: A new generation due to the "lean vibrancy" of the album. "One of the most fascinating aspects of Yeezus' arrival is the discursive crisis it's caused, produced by a fast-react culture colliding with a work of art so confounding", wrote The Atlantic 's columnist Jack Hamilton. West was criticized by the UK and US Parkinson's disease Associations for controversial lyrics in lead-song "On Sight". Oasis lead member Liam Gallagher criticized Yeezus over its title, saying of West: "He's
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#17328010995283146-404: A new song, "Algorythm", through the mobile app Pharos AR. The augmented reality application allows users to open the virtual Pharos world with other players. During his headlining performance at the 2019 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival , Glover drew "the biggest crowd that Outside Lands has ever had" and also announced that it was "the second to last show that we'll be doing" before retiring
3289-479: A number of independently released projects, Glover signed with Glassnote Records in 2011, and released his debut studio album, Camp , in November of that year to critical and commercial success. His second album, Because the Internet (2013) was supported by the single " 3005 ", which became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry. His psychedelic funk -inspired 2016 single, " Redbone " peaked at number 12 on
3432-456: A number of younger musicians and actors. Rapper Vince Staples has praised Glover's ability to "[do] something different every time". Glover began dating Michelle White in 2015; they married in January 2024, during the production of Mr. & Mrs. Smith , with Glover going to the production immediately after. They have three sons, born in early 2016, January 2018, and 2020. Glover
3575-453: A point in which they are difficult to decipher. Esquire cites "On Sight" as an early example of the album's connection to electronic music, citing its "droning synthesizer tone", which is "modulated until the signal starts throwing off harshly treble -heavy spikes and begins to clip , as if it were overloading a digital audio processor ". Yeezus continues West's practice of eclectic samples: he employs an obscure Hindi sample on " I Am
3718-533: A premium on Yeezus , perhaps more than any other Kanye album. Each fluorescent strike of noise, incongruous tempo flip, and warped vocal is bolted into its right place across the album's fast 40 minutes". Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times felt it was his most ambitious piece of music yet, and Evan Rytlewski from The A.V. Club said it was his most uninhibited record: "Even by the standards of an artist who reinvents himself with each release, it's
3861-433: A remake of the 1994 Disney film of the same name . Glover praised the director, Jon Favreau , for the way he constructed the timeless story and asked him to re-record his lines as he connected to the film's story line more personally after his father's death. Glover sang on the film's soundtrack and on the curated album The Lion King: The Gift , featuring songs inspired by the film. Although it received mixed reviews,
4004-488: A sample from Nina Simone 's 1965 rendition of " Strange Fruit ". The physical CD edition was released in a clear jewel box with only a strip of red tape and sample credits. Initial promotion included worldwide video projections of the music and live television performances. West released two singles from the album; " Black Skinhead " in July 2013 and " Bound 2 " the following month. The release of Yeezus coincided with that of rapper J. Cole 's album Born Sinner , which
4147-468: A scientist working with a team of researchers who bring dead people back to life with disastrous consequences. Next, Glover played a singer in the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL and performed a cover of the Bruno Mars song " Marry You " in the film, which was included in the soundtrack . His third release that year was Ridley Scott 's science fiction adaptation The Martian , featuring Glover as
4290-472: A single titled " This Is America " while performing dual hosting and musical duty on Saturday Night Live . The song debuted at number one, becoming both Glover's first number one and top ten single in the United States. It features him both singing and rapping, drawing influence from trap music . Its lyrics addressed a variety of topics including gun violence in the United States and being black in
4433-548: A sticker affixed to the back, with sample credits and the album's UPC . Other versions of this release have different colors of stickers, with green, yellow and orange being some of the other colors. The front is affixed with a Parental Advisory label. The Source pointed out a resemblance between the Yeezus CD packaging and a packaging concept designed for the single " Crystal " by the English band New Order in 2001. In
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4576-500: A ticket, so you don't need to film this shit. Experience this shit. This is not a concert. This is fucking church. If you're not here to celebrate life, if you're not here to enjoy your time here, if you're just here to hear your favorite song, you should go home right now and do that. I'm here to have an experience with y'all tonight, ya feel me?" On September 23, 2018, Glover reportedly injured his foot during his show in Dallas , leaving
4719-506: A week later.' Nah. I'm going to go see him on that date. He's the greatest". The next month, J. Cole gave further context, claiming for the coinciding release to be "more about the statement" than the sales. J. Cole elaborated on this, admitting that the music being competed over "is art" and he "can't compete against the Kanye West celebrity and the status that he's earned just from being a genius", though stated: "But I can put my name in
4862-522: A writer for the NBC sitcom 30 Rock . Glover was shocked when he was hired as he didn’t think he belonged in a room of seasoned executives. From 2006 to 2009 Glover wrote for 30 Rock , in which he also had occasional appearances. He and his co-writers were presented with the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series in 2008 for his work on the third season. In 2008, he unsuccessfully auditioned to play President Barack Obama on
5005-426: Is "a hip hop album, not a rap album", because of how its sounds and subject matter are assembled together, and although listeners can hear "' punk ' or ' post-punk ' or industrial'" throughout, "hip-hop has always been about noise and dissonance and dance music as agitation". The album also incorporates elements of industrial and trap music . The record "most closely resembles" 1990s industrial rock , during which
5148-614: Is coming back." In April 2023, Glover confirmed he would be returning for the Community movie . In July 2023, it was announced that Glover and his brother Stephen would replace Justin Simien as the head writers of the upcoming Star Wars series Lando . On January 8, 2024, it was announced Donald Glover would star in the biopic of British-American rap artist 21 Savage , titled American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, alongside Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin and Savage; Glover
5291-405: Is known as a private person and rarely posts on social media or does interviews unless for promotional work. In an interview with The New Yorker , he said that social media made him feel "less human" and that he only visits online discussion pages in which he can stay anonymous and communicate with people who understand what he is saying. Yeezus Yeezus is the sixth studio album by
5434-420: Is terrified that West would think it's "a diss rather than a tribute". She said that she thinks West is brilliant and praised him for speaking his mind all the time. That same month, Jack White , a vocal advocate of analog recording , remarked that Yeezus "is obviously recorded on Pro Tools but sounds unbelievable, because it is very simple and there aren't a lot of components going on, and this really allows
5577-544: Is they want, at any time". Later that year, Glover appeared as criminal Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Davis is the uncle of the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man , whom Glover had voiced in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. The casting was described as "a surprise treat for fans" by the film's director Jon Watts , aware of his 2010 campaign to portray
5720-460: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . Following the release of his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), Kanye West collaborated with longtime friend Jay-Z on Watch the Throne (2011). In July 2012, producer No I.D. revealed that he had been working on West's sixth solo studio album (and seventh overall) and that it would be released after Cruel Summer (2012),
5863-643: The Billboard 200, outselling Yeezus by nearly 20,000 units with sales of 84,000 copies. The following week, Born Sinner climbed to number one on the chart, tying the peak position attained by Yeezus previously. On August 12, 2013, Yeezus was certified gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies. By September 19, 2013, the album had sold 537,000 copies, being outperformed by
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6006-766: The Billboard Hot 100. Glover began his fifth concert tour, This Is America Tour in September, announcing it would be his last during its opening show in Atlanta. Two previously unreleased songs, "Algorhythm" and "All Night", were made available to people who bought tickets to the tour. In February 2018, Glover approached New Regency , without a script, about a project he wanted to work on while he had free time between Solo promotional duties and his This Is America Tour. Due to his previous success, they accepted his offer quickly and Amazon Studios agreed to distribute
6149-528: The Governors Ball Music Festival . He further explained his decision in an interview, feeling his musical career was no longer "necessary" and added "There's nothing worse than like a third sequel" and "I like it when something's good and when it comes back there's a reason to come back, there's a reason to do that." Glover signed with RCA Records in January 2018, which Glover called "a necessary change of pace". In May 2018, he released
6292-661: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences at one of his concerts and referred to it as patronizing. The album received nominations for Foreign Rap Album of the Year at the Hungarian Music Awards , International Album of the Year at the Danish Music Awards , World's Best Album at the 2014 World Music Awards , and Best Album at the 2014 NME Awards . In January 2014, Yeezus
6435-540: The Rolling Stone wrote that "The 'This Is America' Tour served as a symbolic funeral. It's a successful send-off for the Gambino moniker, and the hard-won development it represents, but not for Glover's music career. Donald Glover is still searching for himself as a musician, and made sure to provide a glimpse at what's yet to come." The following set list was obtained from the concert held on September 6, 2018, at
6578-488: The Sundance Film Festival in 2009. With a limited release, fans requested the film to be shown in their local theaters. Glover starred as former high school jock Troy Barnes on Dan Harmon 's NBC sitcom Community , which premiered in September 2009. He did not return as a full-time cast member for the show's fifth season , appearing only in the first five episodes. Despite speculation that Glover
6721-830: The UK R&;B Chart and sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 . To promote the album, Glover wrote a short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons in which he stars; Chance the Rapper , and Danielle Fishel also star. Directed by Hiro Murai , it was released prior to the album's release and serves as its prelude. Additionally, a 72-page screenplay designed to sync with the album was also released. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified "Heartbeat" Gold for shipping 500,000 copies in June 2014–making it Glover's first Gold certification. Because The Internet
6864-544: The hook which we processed to have a punk edge in the Suicide tradition". Two days before the album had to be delivered to the label, West wrote and sang the lyrics to two songs while also recording the vocals to three others in just two hours. According to Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot , Yeezus is a "hostile, abrasive and intentionally off-putting" album that combines "the worlds of" 1980s Chicago acid-house , 2013 Chicago drill music , 1990s industrial music , and
7007-457: The " avant-rap " of Saul Williams , Death Grips , and Odd Future . The Independent , Mass Appeal , and The Village Voice described it as an experimental release, while Meagan Garvey of The Outline described it as West's "industrial album". Rolling Stone described it as "an extravagantly abrasive album full of grinding electro , pummeling minimalist hip-hop, drone -y wooz and industrial gear-grind", while Vulture called it
7150-452: The 599,000 copies sold of Born Sinner . J. Cole responded to this by commenting that he doesn't "live for the accolades" and claiming: "I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings". Yeezus was later certified platinum in the US by the RIAA on January 8, 2014, for shipments of one million albums shipped to stores and digital retailers. Yeezus
7293-476: The American late-night live television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and performed the songs "New Slaves" and "Black Skinhead". West subsequently revealed the album's cover and title, Yeezus , on his official website. Fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar offered his opinion on the title in an interview that same month, stating: "That's crazy, I want to hear that. That's that creative Kanye genius stuff out
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#17328010995287436-501: The American rapper Kanye West . It was released on June 18, 2013, through Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records . West gathered a number of artists and close collaborators for the production, including Mike Dean , Daft Punk , Noah Goldstein , Arca , Hudson Mohawke , and Travis Scott . The album also features guest vocals from Justin Vernon , Chief Keef , Kid Cudi , Assassin , King L , Charlie Wilson , and Frank Ocean . Fifteen days before its release date, West enlisted
7579-541: The Arts ; he was voted "Most Likely to Write for The Simpsons " in his high school yearbook. In 2006, he graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in dramatic writing. While at Tisch, he self-produced the independent mixtape The Younger I Get , which has not been released and has been disowned by Glover for being the "too-raw ramblings" of what he calls
7722-607: The Childish Gambino pseudonym. When asked on Jimmy Kimmel Live! about the status of retiring, Glover said he was unsure and may continue to perform after the This Is America Tour . Glover was expected to release another album per the RCA Records contract he signed in January 2018. Glover provided the voice for adult Simba, the titular protagonist and lion prince turned king in The Lion King (2019),
7865-644: The Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia. It does not represent every concert for the duration of the tour. Donald Glover Donald McKinley Glover Jr. ( / ˈ ɡ l ʌ v ər / ; born September 25, 1983), also known by his musical name Childish Gambino ( / ɡ æ m ˈ b iː n oʊ / ), is an American actor, comedian, singer, rapper, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick Comedy ,
8008-528: The Leaves" would serve as the album's third single. West subsequently made the announcement in an interview on New York's 92.3 NOW . On September 6, 2013, West announced The Yeezus Tour , a North American tour to take place between October 19 through December 7, 2013; two months prior to West's announcement, Yeezus co-producer Mike Dean had announced a tour for the album. The tour was marketed as his "first solo tour in 5 years", and featured Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, A Tribe Called Quest , and Travis Scott as
8151-416: The New World later that month. In an interview with The New York Times during the release of Bando Stone & the New World , he explained the retirement of the Childish Gambino moniker was due to the logistics of making albums with his film, television and family obligations as well as working on the creative incubator, Gilga. On October 4, 2024, Glover announced on Twitter that he has cancelled
8294-562: The US Billboard 200 , selling 327,000 copies in the first week of release, while also topping the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Russia and the United Kingdom. It has since been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was named by several publications as one of the best albums of the 2010s, including Rolling Stone , who later included it at 269 on its 2020 list of
8437-450: The US. However, it still had the third-best first week sales of 2013 at the time of release and marked the highest first week sales by a hip hop album since Drake 's 2011 album Take Care . Simultaneously, Born Sinner entered at number two on the Billboard 200 with sales of 297,000 copies, selling 30,000 less than Yeezus . The second week sales saw the album fall dramatically; although it descended two places to end at number three on
8580-497: The United States , while its provocative video, directed by frequent collaborator Hiro Murai , featured Glover performing a series of shootings before breaking into dance. On July 11, 2018, Glover released the EP Summer Pack which contained the songs " Summertime Magic " and " Feels Like Summer ", the former of which is the lead single from Glover's forthcoming fourth studio album. The music video for "Feels Like Summer"
8723-461: The United States. It features him singing and rapping, drawing influence from trap music . The lyrics addressed a variety of topics including gun violence and being black in the United States , while its controversial video, directed by Japanese-American filmmaker and frequent collaborator Hiro Murai , showed Glover with a firearm shooting at a choir. "This is America" won the Grammy for Song of
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#17328010995288866-551: The Year and Best Urban Contemporary Album , while "Redbone" won Best Traditional R&B Performance and received nominations for Record of the Year and Best R&B Song . Glover performed "Terrified" at the award show's 60th ceremony . In April 2017, Time named Glover in its annual " 100 Most Influential People in the World ". Tina Fey wrote the entry for Glover; she remarked that he "embodies his generation's belief that people can be whatever they want and change what it
9009-486: The Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Record of the Year becoming the first rap song to win the latter. While filming Atlanta 's second season, Glover portrayed a young version of Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), causing him to miss appearances in some episodes; Calrissian was previously played by Billy Dee Williams in two films in the original Star Wars trilogy . Despite
9152-525: The album as "West at his most wasted, stumbling through rubble". Alex Griffin of Tiny Mix Tapes expressed similar feelings, describing it as "a nebulous, dense, paranoid web of utterly unfiltered expression that's utterly or negligibly fascinating depending on how much you care about Yeezy". In The Times , Will Hodgkinson surmised that Yeezus could have been West's masterpiece had he not become "so hopelessly self-important". Based on 146 individual year-end top ten lists compiled by Metacritic, Yeezus
9295-481: The album as "a protest to music". West elaborated, claiming that he "was like 'I'm gonna take my ball and go home'". Yeezus is primarily electronic in nature, and boasts distorted drum machines and synthesizers that sound like they're malfunctioning, low-resolution samplers that add a pixelated digital aura to the most analog sounds. To this end, the album incorporates glitches reminiscent of CD skips or corrupted MP3's, and Auto-Tuned vocals are modulated to
9438-417: The album, adding that West was "rapping – kind of screaming primally, actually". While previous albums, particularly Dark Fantasy , took considerable time in the studio, Yeezus was described by Kilhoffer as "the fastest record we ever made". In May 2013, Def Jam executives listened to the "final product", (only later to be changed) describing the album as "dark". American musician Travis Scott opined that
9581-539: The album. The album was released on digital services the following week under the name 3.15.20 . It was well received by music critics and debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200 . In November 2020, in a rare appearance on his Twitter account, Glover opined that seasons 3 and 4 of Atlanta would be on the caliber of The Sopranos and that his next musical project would be his "biggest by far". In 2021, Glover signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios . It
9724-460: The alias Steve G. Lover III. The single " Trouble " by British artist Leona Lewis from her album Glassheart (2012) featured Gambino with a guest rap performance. The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart , making it his first UK Top 10 single. In November 2012, Göransson said that he and Glover were in the studio generating new ideas for the next album which was to be "bigger" and "with more people involved". In 2013, Glover signed
9867-437: The bar. No one's near doing what he's doing, it's not even on the same planet". Some reviewers expressed reservations. In The New York Times , Jon Pareles said West's innovative transfiguration of his music—with unrefined electronica and drill elements—was undermined by his distasteful lyrics and appropriation of 1960s civil rights slogans "to his own celebrity or to bedroom exploits". In Robert Christgau 's opinion,
10010-543: The best album of 2013 saying "It's magnificent, and it sounds like absolutely nothing else". Rolling Stone named it the second best album of 2013, comparing it in concept to Reed's polarizing 1975 album Metal Machine Music : "No wonder the late, great Lou Reed embraced Yeezus , since it's basically the Metal Machine Music concept translated into futuristic hip-hop, all industrial overload and hypertense egomania and hostile vibes". Exclaim! also named it
10153-476: The best concert I’ve witnesses since Yeezus , and hopefully, his retirement from touring is just a momentary lapse in judgment. A performance on this level will surely be missed." Alex Stedman of Variety wrote that "Gambino put on a show at Los Angeles’ the Forum that was at once spiritual and electric, a celebration of an eclectic discography and, hopefully, an exciting peek at what's to come." Charles Holmes of
10296-604: The best records of any genre to come out in 2011". His Camp Gambino tour was scheduled to commence in March 2012, but was postponed to April after he fractured his foot. Glover released the songs "Eat Your Vegetables" and "Fuck Your Blog" through his website in April and May 2012. Throughout May and June, he premiered tracks from his sixth mixtape, Royalty , which was released as a free digital download in July. The album featured several artists, including his brother Stephen , under
10439-672: The box". He also claimed that the album's "whole marketing scheme is crazy" and "very inspiring". The iTunes Store made Yeezus available for pre-order on May 20, but the listing was subsequently taken down for unknown reasons. On May 29, A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou unveiled an advertisement for Yeezus which stated that the album would not be available for pre-order. Speaking about the album's minimal promotion, West stated: "With this album, we ain't drop no single to radio. We ain't got no NBA campaign, nothing like that. Shit, we ain't even got no cover. We just made some real music". In May 2013, American rapper J. Cole called West "one of
10582-613: The chart since Graduation in 2007, as well as his fourth top ten album in the UK. The following week, Yeezus descended five places to number six on the UK Albums Chart. The album was ultimately certified gold in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on February 20, 2015, for sales of 100,000 units. Yeezus was also a chart topper in Denmark , New Zealand and Russia . The album
10725-565: The chart, sales dropped by 80% to 65,000 units, making Yeezus the largest second-week percentage drop for a number one-debuting album in 2012–13 and the fourth-largest for a number one-bowing album in the SoundScan era . Billboard ' s Keith Caulfield attributed the diminished figures to the non-traditional marketing, considering that the lack of singles and public appearances led the album to find "difficulty in sustaining its momentum". That same week, Born Sinner remained at number two on
10868-460: The chart, won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance , and preceded the release of his third album "Awaken, My Love!" (2016), which saw continued success. Glover's 2018 single, " This Is America " debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 , and won in all of the categories for which it was nominated at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards : Record of the Year , Song of the Year , Best Rap/Sung Performance , and Best Music Video ; it won
11011-410: The co-founder of Def Jam Recordings , Rick Rubin , as an executive producer for additional recording mere days before its release; changes included re-recording whole songs and rewriting entire verses. The rough cut West played Rubin ran nearly three and a half hours long. West's orders to Rubin were to take the music in a "stripped-down minimal direction", often removing elements already recorded. In
11154-548: The combination of harsh rock and hip hop sounds on Yeezus was as bold as Public Enemy 's music during the 1980s, but West's lyrics were grotesquely off-putting. "He's wordsmith enough to insure that his sexist imagery is very hard to take", Christgau wrote in The Barnes & Noble Review , looking at the album as an " alt-rap also-ran". Chris Richards from The Washington Post found West's lyricism perhaps "his least compelling" yet and "drunk on bitterness", though viewed
11297-434: The comedy-drama television series Girls in early 2013, as a Republican who is the brief love interest to Lena Dunham 's character. His second studio album, Because the Internet , finished recording in October 2013 and was released in December, debuting at number seven on the Billboard 200 chart. Because the Internet yielded the singles " 3005 ", " Crawl " and " Sweatpants ". "3005" peaked at number eight on
11440-464: The commercial", several tracks were left off the finished product that were deemed too melodic or more in line with West's previous material. West set parameters regarding sound and style, insisting that there be no "bass wobbles" reminiscent of dubstep . The album's recording process was described as "very raw" by Thomas Bangalter of the French electronic duo Daft Punk , who produced four songs for
11583-450: The film grossed $ 1.6 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing films of all time . In December 2019, Glover endorsed 2020 Democratic candidate Andrew Yang and joined his campaign as a creative consultant. On March 15, 2020, Glover streamed his surprise fourth album on his website Donald Glover Presents, where it played on a loop for twelve hours until it was taken down. 21 Savage and Ariana Grande feature on
11726-528: The film's turbulent production and poor box office returns, Glover's performance was praised, particularly by critic Stephanie Zacharek for his "unruly, charismatic elegance". In July 2018, Glover released the Summer Pack extended play containing the songs " Summertime Magic " and " Feels Like Summer ", the former of which was originally meant to be the lead single from Glover's forthcoming fourth studio album. "Summertime Magic" debuted at forty-four on
11869-470: The film. Guava Island , the resulting film written by Stephen Glover and directed by Hiro Murai, was filmed in Cuba . It stars Glover as a musician who decides to throw a festival on his homeland, with Rihanna co-starring as his partner and muse. It was released in 2019 through Amazon Prime Video to generally favorable critical appraisal after premiering at Coachella . Glover provided guest vocals to
12012-405: The first incarnation of the track list, is an example of West's signature dichotomy in which he melds the sacred and profane. "Strange Fruit", first recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939, brought the lynchings of black Americans to a "startling poignancy", creating "one of the most towering, important songs of the 20th century". West's anthemic re-telling instead details an MDMA -fueled hookup and
12155-549: The genre forward" with his experimentation. Expressing his thoughts on the mixed reception of the album in October 2013, fellow rapper Lupe Fiasco viewed himself as not facing the same difficult struggle. Lupe Fiasco continued, assuring that his then-upcoming studio album Tetsuo & Youth (2015) wouldn't be as open for interpretation as Yeezus . In February 2014, English singer Lily Allen announced that she would title her third studio album Sheezus . In an interview with Australian radio station Nova , Allen stated that she
12298-481: The genre had a significant pop culture impact, with artists such as Nine Inch Nails , Ministry , and Marilyn Manson gaining success. The industrial scene created a "vast global underground community", and Esquire notes that one of its epicenters was in Chicago, where West was raised. Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club characterized its opening series of songs as electro and industrial hip hop . Referencing
12441-459: The greatest artists of our generation" via Twitter, with him following this by tweeting: "Which is exactly why I'm moving my release date up. Born Sinner June 18th". He explained releasing his second studio album Born Sinner on the same day as Yeezus during an interview that same month, saying: "I'm not going to sit [here]... I worked too hard to come a week later after Kanye West drops an amazing album. It'd be like, 'Oh and J.Cole dropped too,
12584-412: The hat and tell you that I think my album is great and you be the judge and you decide". A lyrical reference to releasing on the same date as West is included in the track " Forbidden Fruit " from Born Sinner . The physical CD edition of Yeezus was released in a clear jewel box with no album artwork , reflecting the minimalist tone. The packaging consists of little more than a piece of red tape and
12727-419: The help of producer Rick Rubin to strip down the sound of Yeezus in favor of a more minimalist approach. The album has been characterized as West's most experimental and sonically abrasive work. It draws from an array of genres , including industrial , acid house , electro , punk , and Chicago drill . West's unconventional use of samples is also present, as on " Blood on the Leaves ", which contains
12870-499: The hip hop album of the year. NME named it the second best album of the year calling it "his most sonically challenging album to date". Stereogum , Time , and Complex were also among the publications that named Yeezus the best album of 2013. Yeezus was also nominated in two categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards including for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for "New Slaves". West responded unfavorably to this due to not receiving more nominations. He then addressed
13013-420: The inclusive "group" atmosphere of the sessions, in which multiple contributors would work on similar pieces, with different elements ultimately selected from each. All involved were given a song to work on and return the next day to sit and critique, a process Anthony Kilhoffer compared to an art class. Producer Arca described being initially asked to send West music, noting that she purposefully sent perhaps
13156-429: The latter would be the final Childish Gambino album and would act as a soundtrack to an upcoming film called Bando Stone & the New World . Later in the month, Glover previewed a track featuring an AI Kanye West verse on his Gilga Radio show. On May 13, 2024, Glover released Atavista . Glover announced The New World Tour in support of both albums in July 2024 and released the soundtrack to Bando Stone &
13299-556: The maintenance and preservation of Kauai island. Glover described them as a joint project and the "first concept mixtape ever" which continues the story told in Camp and Because the Internet . At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards , he received his first Grammy nominations in Best Rap Album for Because the Internet and Best Rap Performance for "3005". Glover appeared in three films in 2015. In The Lazarus Effect , he played
13442-614: The new hero's looks for Spider-Man; Bendis said, "I saw him in the costume [on Community ] and thought, 'I would like to read that book. ' " Glover later voiced this incarnation of Spider-Man on the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. Glover received the Rising Comedy Star award at the Just for Laughs festival in July 2010, and was featured in Gap 's 2010 holiday advertising campaign. His first extended play , titled EP ,
13585-615: The number one album of the week. ARIA issued an apology and the chart was fixed. The album stood as West's first chart topper in Australia. Yeezus reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart , becoming West's fifth chart-topping album in Canada. In the United Kingdom, the album experienced a chart-topping performance, with it debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and giving West his first number one on
13728-412: The perils of fame. On May 1, 2013, West used Twitter to post a single message reading "June Eighteen", leading several media outlets to speculate that the post referred to the release date of West's upcoming album. On May 17, he began promotion of the album by unveiling the previously unreleased song " New Slaves " through video projections in 66 assorted locations. The following day, West appeared on
13871-580: The reason. Yeezus was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 46 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.2 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Reviewing the album in The Guardian , lead critic Alexis Petridis found it "noisy, gripping, maddening, potent", while Helen Brown from The Daily Telegraph said it
14014-421: The record. West had intended the album be 16 tracks until Rubin suggested cutting the album down to fewer tracks, from 16 songs to 10, saying the others could be reserved for a follow-up. Rubin gave as example "Bound", which was "a more middle of the road R&B song, done in an adult contemporary style" before West decided to replace the musical backing with a minimalistic sample, "a single note bassline in
14157-491: The remaining shows due to health complications. Althea Legaspi of the Chicago Tribune wrote that Glover "offer[ed] a sacred space where love, loss, inequality and community were explored through song", and wrote that "this may be Glover's last hurrah as Childish Gambino, but the performance made a compelling case for seeking out his next incarnation." Karlton Jahmal of HotNewHipHop wrote that "Childish Gambino had
14300-665: The remaining shows for The New World Tour due to surgery and recovery for an undisclosed ailment. In an interview with The Guardian , Glover stated, "I'm influenced by LCD Soundsystem as much as Ghostface Killah . A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage Against the Machine show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds. Kids just want to go nuts, Odd Future know that. People want to experience something physical." He also cites hip-hop duo Outkast and trio Migos , and funk band Funkadelic as being influences. Glover has influenced
14443-445: The role was supported by Spider-Man creator Stan Lee . However, Glover did not audition and the role went to Andrew Garfield . He later revealed that he was never contacted by Sony Pictures . Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis , who announced Miles Morales , an African-American version of Spider-Man a year later, said he had conceived of the character before Glover's campaign went viral. Bendis gave credit to Glover for influencing
14586-511: The short film Guava Island (2019), in which he starred. He co-created the comedy thriller television series Swarm (2023–present). Glover is also credited as a principal inspiration for the creation of the Marvel Comics superhero Miles Morales / Spider-Man , whom Glover himself briefly voiced in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man . In 2024, he created and starred in the Prime Video series Mr. & Mrs. Smith . After
14729-462: The show, the audience, or himself as an actor. Glover's stage name, Childish Gambino, which he used to start his musical career, comes from a Wu-Tang Clan name generator. In June 2008, he released the independent mixtape Sick Boi . In September 2009, he released his second mixtape Poindexter . A pair of mixtapes titled I Am Just a Rapper and I Am Just A Rapper 2 , were released in close succession in 2010, and Culdesac , his third mixtape,
14872-564: The significance of the leak: "Kanye West’s new album didn’t leak online over the weekend. It gushed out into the pop ecosystem like a million barrels of renegade crude — ominous, mesmerizing and of great consequence". Critics were very kind to Yeezus regarding critical reviews, but others viewed the release as "musical and commercial suicide", and "fans live-blogged their own befuddlement on Twitter and Facebook ". The New Yorker ' s Sasha Frere-Jones suggests that Yeezus may be preferred over any of West's previous works in coming decades by
15015-479: The singles " Me and Your Mama ", " Redbone " (which peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100), and " Terrified ". Its vinyl release featured a virtual reality headset and an accompanying app that allowed owners to access virtual reality live performances from the Pharos Experience. The album was positively received by music critics and was nominated for both the 2018 Grammy Award for Album of
15158-532: The situation to his own life, feeling that "visionaries can be misunderstood by their unenlightened peers". West also met with architect Joseph Dirand and Belgian interior designer Axel Vervoordt, and had "rare Le Corbusier lamps, Pierre Jeanneret chairs and obscure body-art journals from Switzerland" delivered to the loft. West also wanted a deep hometown influence on the album, and listened to 1980s house music most associated with his home city of Chicago for influence. Alejandro Jodorowsky 's The Holy Mountain
15301-456: The sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live ; the role went to cast member Fred Armisen . While attending NYU, Glover became a member of the sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy, having appeared in their sketches on YouTube since 2006, along with Dominic Dierkes , Meggie McFadden, DC Pierson , and Dan Eckman . The group wrote and starred in a feature-length film, Mystery Team , a comedy about amateur teenage detectives; it premiered at
15444-474: The snippets he'd heard of Yeezus were from the year 3000 and recalled "crazy memories" from being around West during the recording of it. W writer Christopher Bagley reports that West's creative process often bordered on perfectionist. In March 2013, West described the album to Bagley as near completion, only to revise this statement one month later to the album being "only 30 percent complete". West made several last-minute alterations to Yeezus , enlisting
15587-509: The song "Bound" (1971) by soul group Ponderosa Twins Plus One. "Bound 2" received general acclaim from music critics, who referred to the song as one of the highlights of the album and compared its soul sample-based production to West's early work from his debut studio album The College Dropout (2004). The song has since peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart. In November 2013, producer Hudson Mohawke revealed that "Blood on
15730-422: The songs to shine. Plus he mixed using analogue components". West went on to make the claim in October 2015 that despite many people rating My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as his best album, Yeezus is "so much stronger" in comparison. In 2013, Yeezus was voted as both the year's "Most Overrated Album" and "Most Underrated Album" by Pitchfork readers. Notes Sample credits Credits are adapted from
15873-399: The sound of Yeezus in September 2013, West stated: "For me as Kanye West, I got to fuck shit up... I'm going to take music and try to make it three dimensional... I'm not here to make easy listening, easily programmable music". At the same time, he viewed himself as artistically being "here to crack the pavement and break new ground, sonically". West would later go onto describe the sound of
16016-452: The sound of West's early work. "Bound", a 1971 song by American soul group Ponderosa Twins Plus One from their album 2 + 2 + 1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One , serves as the primary sample used in West's track. The album's second track " Black Skinhead " has alternately been called an industrial hip hop song and "a galloping punk-rap manifesto". "I Am a God" was inspired by a "diss" from
16159-487: The stage early and not performing an encore set. Despite Glover's intention for the This is America tour to be his final, he released Atavista in 2024(a re-release of his 2020 album 3.15.20 ) and Bando Stone & the New World in 2024, which was followed by an announcement for his new and final tour titled The New World Tour . Glover initially performed 18 shows, between August and September 2024, but had to cancel
16302-492: The strangest stuff she had, with West happening to be excited by it. Describing West's collaborative style, Arca stated: It was a lot of coming up with design, like solving riddles. If the song called for something aggressive, it was up to three or four people to design what in their head was the best solution for that aggression in that moment. Everyone would approach it in completely different ways, and ultimately, it would all be edited by Kanye himself. Determined to "undermine
16445-544: The superhero. He would later reprise this role in a live-action cameo in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Glover announced his intention to retire the Childish Gambino stage name in June 2017, telling the audience at Governors Ball Music Festival , "I'll see you for the last Gambino album" before walking off stage. He further explained his decision in an interview, feeling his musical career
16588-402: The supernatural horror The Lazarus Effect (2015), the comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL (2015), and the science fiction film The Martian (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), as well as Lando Calrissian in the space western Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He provided the voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (2019), and produced
16731-583: The supporting acts. On October 30, 2013, while on the road to Vancouver , a truck carrying custom-made video screens and equipment for the show was involved in a car accident, the crash damaged the equipment beyond repair. The tour resumed on November 16, 2013, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia . The missed Chicago and Detroit shows were rescheduled however, the rest of the missed dates were cancelled, Def Jam cited routing logistics as
16874-410: The top 10. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Yeezus as the 269th album on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Yeezus debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 , becoming West's sixth chart-topping studio album and selling 327,000 copies in the United States in its first week. The album failed to reach the 500,000 sales projections, and marked West's lowest solo opening week sales in
17017-483: The track "Monster" on 21 Savage 's 2018 album I Am > I Was , reflecting on his negative feelings toward the music industry and why he wants to retire from music. He partnered with Adidas Originals to reimagine three pairs of classic Adidas sneakers, which were launched in April 2019 under the "Donald Glover Presents" line and were promoted by a series of advertisements starring comedian Mo'Nique . Days after headlining Coachella in April 2019, Glover premiered
17160-544: The tracks more clearly; too much bass or complexity would simply overpower the room's poor acoustics . The beats emanating from the loft space, which sometimes lasted through the night, provoked complaints from neighbors. Reports emerged that he and his then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian had moved to the loft in order for West to begin work on the album. The atmosphere in the studio was described by contributor Evian Christ as "very focused", and West once again brought in several close collaborators. Producer Hudson Mohawke noted
17303-474: Was "the most exciting album" she had heard in some time. Jon Dolan from Rolling Stone called it a "brilliant, obsessive-compulsive career auto-correct" that made other abrasive records by "mad geniuses", such as In Utero by Nirvana and Radiohead 's Kid A , seem tame by comparison. Pitchfork critic Ryan Dombal viewed it as a "razor-sharpened take" on West's fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak , concluding that "cohesion and bold intent are at
17446-444: Was also an inspiration for the album and its ensuing tour . The album was originally titled Thank God for Drugs . In 2012, West began recording his sixth studio album with collaborators, including No I.D. and DJ Khaled . The first recordings were held in January 2013, in the living room of his personal loft at a Paris hotel, referred to in the album's credits as the "No Name Hotel". West kept compositions simple in order to hear
17589-451: Was also certified Gold. From February to May 2014, he embarked on The Deep Web Tour. Glover directed the music video for the song " The Pressure " by Jhené Aiko ; he appeared in her previous single, " Bed Peace ". On October 2, 2014, he released a mixtape titled STN MTN and the next day an EP titled Kauai spawning the single " Sober ". STN MTN was a free download; the proceeds of Kauai went to law enforcement policies as well as
17732-465: Was announced that he would be producing and starring in a television reboot of Doug Liman 's 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith , with Maya Erskine co-starring. In April 2021, Glover tweeted that he was in the midst of writing a trilogy of feature films. In February 2022, both seasons 3 and 4 of Atlanta had completed filming, with season 3 premiering on March 24, 2022, and the final season on September 15, 2022. In March 2022, Glover announced that he
17875-409: Was expected to play 21 Savage. On January 24, Savage revealed that the biopic's announcement was actually a "parody", though he noted that "it could be [a real movie] one day". In April 2024, during a radio stream by Glover's production company GILGA, Glover revealed plans to re-release 3.15.20 as a "finished" album called Atavista , as well as announcing the existence of a new album. Glover said
18018-484: Was influenced primarily by minimalist design and architecture during the production of Yeezus , and visited a furniture exhibit in the Louvre five times. A single Le Corbusier lamp was his "greatest inspiration". West worked closely with the architect Oana Stănescu, and took "field trips" to Le Corbusier homes . Fascinated by Stănescu's comments on the unusual and radical nature of Corbusier design choices, West applied
18161-484: Was later canceled due to creative differences. Glover later posted an unofficial and unproduced script to his Twitter account commenting that he was not "too busy to work on Deadpool", ending media speculation. In September 2016, Glover held three musical performances, known as the "Pharos Experience", in Joshua Tree, California , where he debuted songs from his third studio album "Awaken, My Love!" . The album
18304-406: Was leaving to pursue his music career, a series of hand-written notes which he posted to Instagram revealed that his reasons were more personal, citing a need for projects that offered him more independence as he worked through some personal issues. Although Harmon approached Glover about returning to the show for its sixth season, Glover declined, feeling that his character's return would not serve
18447-408: Was moved back a week to coincide with Yeezus ' release, leading to speculation about which release would sell more copies. Yeezus received widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom named it among West's best work and commended its brash direction, though public response was divided. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards . The album debuted at number one on
18590-400: Was named the best album of 2013 by The Village Voice ' s Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll. By topping the poll, West attained his fourth album to do so, following on from The College Dropout , Late Registration , and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2004, 2005, and 2010, respectively. On the same poll for singles, "Bound 2", "New Slaves", and "Black Skinhead" were ranked in
18733-542: Was no longer "necessary" and added "There's nothing worse than like a third sequel" and "I like it when something's good and when it comes back there's a reason to come back, there's a reason to do that." Glover signed with RCA Records in January 2018, which Glover called "a necessary change of pace". In May 2018, he released a single titled " This Is America " while performing as both host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live . The song debuted at number one, becoming both Glover's first number one and top ten single in
18876-487: Was performed at every show on the tour, and was eventually released on his next studio album, 3.15.20 . "All Night" was exclusively performed at the debut show in Atlanta, and only subsequently performed at Gambino's next PHAROS events. During the first show of the tour in Atlanta , Glover confirmed that this is the last Gambino tour ever, telling the audience: "I love you forever for supporting me and coming out for this shit. Second, if you're in here, that means you bought
19019-471: Was ranked as the 37th most popular album of 2013 on the Billboard 200. On the ARIA Albums Chart , Yeezus initially debuted at number two after selling 9,500 copies in three days, entering behind The Great Country Songbook by Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey at the summit. However, after a data error was found, a re-count of sales was done. The re-count found that Yeezus was actually
19162-492: Was released as a free digital download in March 2011. 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 . Glover commenced his nationwide IAMDONALD Tour in April. The tour was a one-man live show that consisted of rap, comedy, and video segments. He appeared at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival as both Childish Gambino and as
19305-430: Was released in December; it reached number five on the Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum accumulating 1,000,000 certified units. It was considered a bold departure from his usual hip hop style as it primarily featured Glover singing rather than rapping, and saw him draw influences from psychedelic soul , funk and R&B music, particularly of the funk band Funkadelic . "Awaken, My Love!" produced
19448-497: Was released in July of that year. In March 2010, Glover performed a 30-minute set on the stand-up showcase program Comedy Central Presents . In May 2010, a fan suggested Glover for the role of Spider-Man/Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man film, encouraging his supporters to retweet the hashtag "#donald4spiderman". The campaign sparked a viral response on Twitter . The call for Glover to audition for
19591-509: Was released on November 15, 2011, backed by his debut single " Bonfire " and " Heartbeat ", which peaked at number eighteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and number fifty-four on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . Camp debuted at number eleven on the Billboard 200 , selling 52,000 copies in the first week, and was generally well received by critics, with PopMatters writer Steve Lepore finding it to be "undoubtedly one of
19734-578: Was released on September 1, 2018, and features animated cameos from numerous prominent rappers and R&B vocalists. The video is meant to symbolize Glover's departure from the rap community and depicts his animated rendition as he walks down a neighborhood street, passing by several big names like Will Smith , Nicki Minaj , Travis Scott , Kanye West , Beyoncé , Lil Wayne , and Michael Jackson . In September 2018, Glover made two previously unreleased songs, "Algorhythm" and "All Night", exclusively available to fans who bought tickets to his tour. "Algorhythm"
19877-452: Was similarly viewed with a mixed reaction, with many outlets mocking West's seemingly vain statements. In the article, West compares himself to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and refers to himself as "the nucleus of all society". Within four days prior to the release, Yeezus was leaked online . The New York Times wrote that the leak "stirred up a Twitter frenzy" and received widespread media coverage. The Washington Post commented on
20020-517: Was stationed. His mother, Beverly (née Smith), is a retired daycare provider and his father, Donald Glover Sr., was a postal worker . His parents were foster parents for 14 years. Glover was raised as a Jehovah's Witness but is no longer religious. His younger brother, Stephen , later became a writer and producer who collaborates with him. He has a sister named Brianne. In December 2018, Glover disclosed that his father had died. Donald Glover attended Avondale High School and DeKalb School of
20163-474: Was the most critically acclaimed album of 2013, appearing on 61 lists and being named first on 18 of them. In October 2013, Complex named Yeezus the sixth best hip hop album of the last five years. Yeezus was rated as album of the year by nine publications. Spin named it the best album of 2013, writing, " Yeezus was a thorny tangram puzzle of boxy headbanger blats that exemplified a year of equally stripped-down, basal pleasures". The A.V. Club named it
20306-453: Was the ninth best-selling cassette album in the US in 2017. Public reaction to Yeezus , including its unorthodox and deliberate lack of promotion as well as its brash and aggressive sound, was mixed. Yeezus was noted as one of the most anticipated releases of 2013 by major publications, but the lack of a major radio single was regarded as a risky move. Regardless, radio stations have still played tracks from Yeezus on air, despite it being
20449-547: Was working on a Disney+ Star Wars series based on Lando Calrissian . In December 2022, it was announced that Glover would star and produce a feature set in Sony Pictures' Spider-Man universe. The film currently has no title but is said to revolve around the Hypno-Hustler . He is also the creator of the television series Swarm , starring Dominique Fishback , Damson Idris , and Chloe Bailey . Serving as
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