The comedian, actor and rapper Childish Gambino has a fan base that extends through different entertainment genres. Those of 30 years star the community acclaimed by NBC’s criticism as Tory Barnes. His five seasons with the series are still in award -winning series such as 30 Rock, Girls and even Sesame Street. The actor’s success has even led fans to create a social networks campaign so that Glover starred as Peter Park on The Amazing Spider Man. While managing a television and treal film race, the actor has been named one of the best New Hip Hop artists by innumerable media, critics and hip hop fans. With tours, album sales and a regular television payment check, its net assets is estimated at $ 9 million. So who is the children’s gambino?
Donald McKinley Glover grew in a middle class home. His parents raised him in a military base while his father served in the Air Force. Growing, it was inevitable that Glover would enter the world of entertainment. In high school he was an outstanding artist who won awards for his paintings. Glover acted in school plays and even co -written some of the school’s productions. With an excellent average qualifications of 3.8 and a great participation in school programs, Glover was accepted in the Tisch School of the arts of the University of New York. The competitive program challenges students to expand their artistic means and create projects with meaning and purpose.
He graduated from Tisch in 2006 with a dramatic writing title. Glover delivered several pieces written to NBC producers. His dream was to get a job writing for SNL, but the young talent got something even better. Glover was hired as one of the main writers for 30 rock. The series was developed and produced by Tina Fey. In seven seasons, the program has been nominated for countless awards and their stars Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan have won more than 12 awards for their performance. Outside television he wrote and performed rap songs. Music is his first love, but his lyrical skills helped him pay for invoices. He worked on several demonstrations and finally launched a Mixtape in Datpiff entitled Sick Boi in 2008. He began throwing singles under the nickname of Rap Childish Gambino.
A year later, after Childish Gambino made his musical debut in the streets, Glover received a SAG prize for his work in 30 rock. He would continue to win the three years in a row. That same year he was asked to audition for another community of the NBC series. With his fourth musical project, an EP entitled “Be Alone” Gambino dropped the single “Freaks & Geeks” that was used in commercials for Adidas. He paid $ 500,000 for the campaign.
Gambino’s musical projects obtained many praise from critics and hip hop fans. He was nominated for an MTVU Woodie award in 2011. Gambino also caught the attention of other artists such as Beck, Prodigy, Leona Lewis and the newcomer Jhene Aiko, who worked with him in several singles. Gambino released his debut album “due to the Internet” in 2013. The album rose to number 1 on iTunes and debuted at number 7 in Billboard 200. He sold more than 96,000 copies in the first week winning Gambino more than $ 2.5 per sale of album that reaches almost $ 250,000 in a week.
Gambino also concluded a successful tour with his foot routines. Yes, he is paid special!