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Tina Fey Praises Donald Glover for TIME’s “100 Most Influential People”

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Tina Fey penned a very special tribute to the mega-talented Donald Glover, as part of Glover’s spot on TIME Magazine‘s list of “The 100 Most Influence People.” Fey worked with Glover early in his career, still while the actor/rapper/writer attended New York University. Of all the writers that decided to move on to pursue bigger and better things, Glover was the only one who received the ultimate co-sign from Fey.

“Donald was grateful for the opportunity but felt like he should leave to pursue acting. Of the many writers who have suggested this over the past 20 years, Donald is the only one with whom I’ve ever agreed,” Fey told TIME. “One hundred percent, he should go be a star,” Fey continued. And that’s just what Glover did, excelling at everything he put his hands on (rap, Community, stand-up comedy, Atlanta and more). Tina Fey also praised Glover’s creation of his FX series “Atlanta”, calling both Glover and his show “funny, beautiful, stylish, melancholy and startlingly confident.”

Read everything that Tina Fey had to say about Donald Glover below.

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Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) Wins Golden Globe for “Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy”

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

In a win that surprised many, including himself, the multi-talented Donald Glover (or Childish Gambino for his music fans) has just won a Golden Globe for his FX series “Atlanta”. Taking home the award for the “Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical”, Glover was noticeably surprised by the win, as he thanked the cast, crew, city of Atlanta, and of course the Migos.

“Atlanta” has been exceeding expectations in many ways, ever since its release. Although Glover is no stranger to critical acclaim in the television world, as he launched his writing career with Tina Fey’s hit comedy, “30 Rock”, this one must feel extra special as Donald is the creator, executive producer, starring actor and more. We are already excited for what Season 2 of “Atlanta” will have in store, but until then we will likely have a bunch of live Childish Gambino performances in the upcoming summer.

Watch Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) in the New Trailer for “The Martian”

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

While Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) usually gives his fans a steady flow of new music, it seems like it has been a minute since his last project, STN MTN/Kauai. It’s not at the point where any bit of new content, for any of Glover’s multiple endeavors, gets us excited. We are awaiting new music, he is working on his Atlanta TV show with FX, and next on the docket is Glover’s appearance in the upcoming Matt Damon film, “The Martian.” In the film, directed by Ridley Scott, Glover plays the role of Rich Purnell, a nerdy anti-social NASA employee, and you can watch his portrayal when the film hits screens on October 2nd.

Watch the new trailer for “The Martain” below.

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Childish Gambino Previews Brand New Track at Bonnaroo 2015

BY VIKASH DASS

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

The Childish Gambino drought may be coming to an end. The rapper/writer/creative hasn’t released any new music since his STN MTN / Kauai Mixtape-EP last fall, but when Donald took the Bonnaroo stage this weekend, he premiered a brand new untitled track. The song doesn’t have any rapping on it, but instead features layered melodies and crooning that sounds super Prince-y. The refrain seems to feature the lyrics “I’m in love when we are smoking that la la la la”.

Whatever this is from, we can’t wait to hear the full version. Watch the performance below.

If Rappers Were “Full House” Characters

BY DAN GARCIA

Full House

Have Lamborghini Mercy! With the official announcement that Netflix has ordered a 13-episode revival/spinoff of the classic ’90s sitcom “Full House”, now titled “Fuller House”, we got to thinking… what if rappers were Full House character? Who would be who? If Kanye West took a Facebook “Which Full House Character Are You?”, who would he get?

Want us to do the thinking for you? You got it, dude! We have reflected and decided which rappers best fit which classic Full House characters. Hit the jump for our complete list.

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Is Donald Glover Retiring “Childish Gambino”?

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

In promotion of his new horror film The Lazarus Effect, which hits theaters this Friday, Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) paid a visit to NBC’s The Today Show. After talking about his upcoming film projects and social media, Donald gave some interesting comments on the future of his music career. “I always want to do music. I love music and I’m already putting out projects quietly everywhere. I guess Childish Gambino is a period in my art time, I want to have periods in my life. I feel like Childish Gambino is a period that should come to a close. I like endings,” said Glover. Is Donald essentially hinting a retirement from music, or maybe just a name change from his Childish Gambino moniker? Only time will tell, but we definitely don’t want to see the music chapter of Glover’s life come to an end.

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Is HBO’s “Brothers In Atlanta” Pilot a Rip-off of Donald Glover’s FX “Atlanta” Pilot?

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

News today surfaced that HBO is moving forward with the Lorne Michaels produced pilot, titled “Brother In Atlanta”. The series is written by and will star the duo of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon writers Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin, and is described as a comedy about two struggling entertainers Moose (Salahuddin) and Langston (Riddle) trying to navigate relationships and life in the black mecca of Atlanta, GA. The series will also have reoccuring roles from Maya Rudolph (who will play an R&B diva) and Jaden Smith. The series will begin shooting in Atlanta this spring.

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The 10 Best Fictional Musicians

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Throughout television and cinema we are constantly introduced to singers, bands and rappers whom we desperately wish were real, but usually the best we can hope for is a sequel. Most recently we have Fox and Terrance Howard’s new series Empire, which follows rapper turned label head Lucious Lyon. Next up we will have Donald Glover’s (Childish Gambino) upcoming FX comedy Atlanta, which will follow two cousins who have very different views on how to rise up in the Atlanta rap scene. To help build the anticipation to these two series, and to get nostalgic on past fictional artists, have comprised a list of the best, most swagged out, and absolutely awesome musicians whom we wish were real (and even one who kind of is).

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Childish Gambino Busts-a-Move in New “Sober” Video

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Earlier this week Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) tweeted and soon deleted a link to a mysterious countdown that was set for 2:00 a.m. on January 9th (Central time). The countdown link was all-black, sleek and simply showed the counter in the bottom right of the page with no information as what it was for. While we could only speculate what it is was for, the wait is now over.

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Stream THC’s Childish Gambino and Kent Jamz (of OverDoz) Collaboration “Perfect'”

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

THC is the Grammy nominated production team behind some of your favorite Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Chris Brown tracks and now they have added Childish Gambino to their list of collaborators. Check out their new track ‘Perfect’ with Gambino and OverDoz’ frontman Kent Jamz. Stream ‘Perfect’ below.

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