Donald Glover
Donald Glover
Donald McKinley Gloveris an American actor, writer, comedian and musician. As a recording artist, he usually performs with the stage name Childish Gambino. While as a disk jockey, he performs under the name mcDJ. He first came to attention for his work with Derrick Comedy and, with the help of Tina Fey, was hired at the age of 21 to become a writer for the NBC comedy series 30 Rock. He later played college student Troy Barnes on the NBC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 September 1983
CityEdwards Air Force Base, CA
CountryUnited States of America
A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.
I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.
I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further.
One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation."
Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them.
I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one 'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons
The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.
I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.
Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.
I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it.
I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.
You used to have to beg and be the busboy to do standup. I got on Community because people saw my videos on YouTube, which were free.
I feel like guys don't think it's cool to use emojis. I'm like, that's so whack. Emojis help so much. They really do give context to something.