Glassnote Records only signs indie rock musicians to their label, but they saw a generational talent in Childish Gambino that they had to sign.
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So far, his story doesn’t sound much like the typical rapper’s origin and sounds more like the birth of a comedy legend as he was one of the main writers on a hit TV show at the age of 22.īut during his time at NBC and during the production of Mystery Team, he independently released 12 mixtapes and one EP, which caught the attention of Glassnote Records who signed him to their label. After Mystery Team, Glover was casted in NBC’s new comedy TV show, Community, and became a breakout star with his humor and overall energy. He won the Writers Guild of America Award for his work on the 3rd season, which would be his last as he would depart to write and act in a feature-length film, Mystery Team. Fellow co-writers on the TV show were comedy legends, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Before graduating in 2006 with a degree in dramatic writing, he sent a potential script to NBC and they hired him as a writer on the hit comedy TV show, 30 Rock. The Glover Family, Donald Glover pictured top right.Īfter graduating high school as “Most likely to write for The Simpsons ”, Glover attended NYU. Glover could find the balance between being childish and playful with the children, but still having the responsibilities of an older brother. He was an older brother to all of the foster children, but he was still a child himself. His parents were foster parents during Glover’s childhood, which led him to mature at a very young age.
His parents were Jehovah’s Witnesses, which led to Glover’s fascination with the little amount of television his parents allowed him to watch. He was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a heavily populated white suburban neighborhood and his family was the only black family in the area. Donald Glover, AKA Childish Gambino, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and musician.
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