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Childish Gambino

Actor · Musician & Writer 5 albums picked

Donald McKinley Glover Jr., also known by his musical stage name Childish Gambino, is an American actor, rapper, singer, comedian, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick Comedy, 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.

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Ep #283 ·
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What Childish Gambino said · 5 records

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Make the Road By Walking
Menahan Street Band ·2008
"It's a great album to sample or listen to for soul samples. I guess it's the only one... not the only but only thing coming out now that's current soul that you can listen to."
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Contamination
Goblin ·1980
"Contamination, Goblin. Goblin is this Italian prog rock band and they did a lot of soundtracks and there's a lot of different incarnations of the band."
Watch this moment 1:28
In Search Of...
N.E.R.D ·2001
"N.E.R.D. 'In Search Of...' One of my favorite albums ever. When I heard it for the first time, I was like, this is... 'Grinding' is probably the only hip-hop beat in the last 20 years that you can just beat it on a table and people are like, 'Oh, Grinding.'"
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