10 Things You Didn't Know About Donald Glover
How much talent can one man have?
The recent news that Donald Glover has been cast as Lando Calrissian in the young Han Solo film has been met with almost universe praise and excitement. Putting aside the uncanny physical similarities (there's a photo floating around the internet depicting Glover's head photo-shopped onto Billy Dee Williams' body and it looks uncanny), the fact of the matter is that Glover is a terrific performer.
At this point, Glovers' career seems incapable of faltering (he's also been cast in Spider-man: Homecoming, too). But this success is for good reason. Glover has been working tirelessly within the industry for over a decade, beginning as a writer before performing comedy and then moving into more serious drama. The guy is constantly reinventing himself, finding new ways to express his creative potential.
Honestly, this praise only scratches the surface of everything Glover has achieved in his life so far. From his amazing musical alter ego to the creation of his own television show, here are ten things you didn't know about Donald Glover.
10. He's Also An Incredibly Popular Musician
Okay, let's get this one out of the way early. I know, I know, surely there can't be anybody left on earth who doesn't know about Donald Glover's musician alias Childish Gambino, but just in case there is, well...now you know. Donald Glover is also a popular musician who performs under the name Childish Gambino.
Though it's only been in the last year or two that Gambino has achieved mainstream commercial success with songs like 3005 and Sweatpants from the 2013 album Because The Internet, Glover has been making music as Gambino since as early as 2008, when he put out his first mixtape Sick Boi. Four more mixtape followed, before he finally put out his first studio album in 2011 titled Camp.
Now, Gambino is set to release his third record in December 2016, a massive departure from his typical rap style. The two singles released off of "Awaken, My Love!" are much closer to funk and soul music, and feature no rapping at all.