(AllHipHop News) Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) has spent the last few days sharing his thoughts about his personal experiences of being a black man in America and the criticism he has received by some observers that he is “a white rapper.”
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The former star of Community took on the label and began tweeting about what he felt are the advantages of being a white rapper, advantages Gambino expresses he does not receive as an African-American performer.
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Read parts of CG’s “poem” and response below.
i am a n####.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 13, 2014
“childish gambino is a white rapper” — childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i wanna be a white rapper.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i wanna be so white im the biggest rapper of all time.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i wanna be so white i can have a number one song with cursing and parents are fine with it.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i wanna be so white and so big i get eat dinner with the koch brothers.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i hope I’m so big and white i can go to clippers games and it not be a statement.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i hope I’m so white they let my friend out of jail sooner.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i hope I’m so big and white my cousin wasn’t shot and stabbed twice in the neck twice last month.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i hope i become so big and and so white that G-Eazy will say “damn, this n#### is white” and everyone will agree and nod.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i want to be so big and white that people are scared. “what if this spreads?
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
what if everyone starts to get big and white? what if this works for everyone and everyone can experience this whiteness and this bigness?”
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
but i am just a black male. i am a n####.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
twitter activism is wack. marches don’t work anymore. police should be forced to wear recording devices.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i want people to understand i wasn’t under any influence last night.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
after hearing a friend sobbing and after talking with my mom, i wrote that poem.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
I’ve been threatened by police twice this year, hand on holster. “and i’m childish gambino”.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
so when someone calls me a “white rapper”, i wanna make sure they understand i don’t have all the benefits.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
twitter isn’t wack. activism isn’t wack. twitter activism is wack to me. it’s only half of activism.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
this is not an apology.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
“when ur turn comes, please listen” – my mom on the police. i don’t think it’s fair she has to feel that way.
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014
i honestly don’t give two f#### if you hate me. none of this was ever about me. and i hope you understand that
— childish gambino (@donaldglover) August 14, 2014