Childish Gambino

== Overview ==
Donald McKinley Glover Jr. was born in September 25, 1983. He is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, rapper, singer, songwriter, and DJ. He performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino and as a DJ under the name mcDJ.  
== Awards and Nominations ==
As an actor: 
# Two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
# Four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.
# Five Writers Guild of America Awards 
As a musician:
# One Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song "Redbone". 
# Nominated in the categories Album of the Year for "Awaken, My Love!" and Record of the Year for "Redbone".
# "This Is America" won Best Hip Hop Video, Impact Track
== This Is America ==
Both the lyrics and the music video of This Is America make fun of gun violence. The music video for the song is ironic and harrowing.
From the shooting scene at the beginning, to the shooting of 10 members of the choir (a reference to the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, in which nine people were killed and one was injured), it is shocking. After the shooting, the bodies were dragged away. The gun, however, was respectfully carried away by a young boy in a pink cloth. This symbolizes how guns are more important than life to some people. It seems ridiculous at the moment, but when you think about it, you can't refute it.
The constant dance of this song makes people focus on the dance itself while ignoring the repeated tragedies in the background (including people jumping from buildings, riots, bodies being dragged away, etc.). And every time after a shooting, the happy chorus of music turns into a tense trap of music. But it doesn't take long for it to turn into a happy chorus again. It is as if tragedy were easily forgotten in mockery. The immediate tension of the shooting turned into a euphoric mood.
== References ==
# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
# http://time.com/5267890/childish-gambino-this-is-america-meaning/