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and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 things you didn’t know
about childish gambino or donald glover
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this list we’re looking at interesting
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about this hyper talented actor writer
musician and creator hold up wait a
minute oh good just a week ago crew at
my house and we party every weekend
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number ten childish gambino came from a
wu-tang clan name generator’ that’s
right Donald Glover has built a music
career under a moniker acquired via a
digital roll of the dice then again
wu-tang has always featured members with
some of the best and most memorable
names in rap so can you really blame him
for wanting to emulate these hip-hop
icons it seems like he got off lucky
because not all the names created by
this generator are quite as cool as
childish gambino I got a carry on enter
the name John Smith for example and you
get the wu-tang name drunken watcher
which let’s be frank sounds way less
clever number 9 he created wrote and
stars in his own TV show ok you already
know about Atlanta given that it took
home the Golden Globe for Best
television series Musical or Comedy and
personally earned Glover both a Golden
Globe and two Emmys regardless it’d be
criminal to leave this achievement off
the list
that’s not everyone’s aware of just how
much blood sweat and tears Glover’s put
into bringing this series to life did we
mention he’s also a producer and
sometimes director of the show
it is truly Glover’s baby and in order
to make it a reality
he had to leave the comfort of his role
on the series community number 8
his first action figure Lando Calrissian
how many people grow up to play the
character whose action figure they
played with as a child like three in any
given generation that’s not actually a
statistic we’re just guessing because it
seems extremely unlikely as he told
Ellen DeGeneres in 2016 back when news
of his casting as Lando Calrissian had
just broken Lando was the first toy
Glover can remember receiving he also
remembers his mom warning him to be
careful with it because she was a big
Billy Dee Williams fan little did she
know years later he’d be getting advice
from Williams on playing that very same
role number seven he was an early
youtube star everybody has to get their
starts somewhere and for Donald Glover
his origin story begins in the mid 2000s
with Derrick comedy say they were
calling the cops yeah I’ve been watching
this whole
thing and both of you get in a paddy
wagon the trio of actors dominic Dierkes
DC Pierson and Donald Glover met and
began working together while studying at
NYU where all three performed as part of
Hammer cats NYU a sketch comedy group
starting their own project
the threesome began filming and
uploading videos to YouTube just one
year after the platform was created
within a year’s time they were already
creating buzz getting name dropped by
the likes of Rolling Stone number 6 his
music career began with a pirated
version of Fruity Loops speaking of
humble beginnings how about this
launchpad for his musical endeavors like
many aspiring musicians and producers
Donald Glover got his start producing
beats on the digital audio program
fruity loops and again like many
creatives living on a shoestring budget
he didn’t exactly acquire his copy via
legal means as he explained when talking
to consequence of sound he didn’t go out
and pirate it himself as he didn’t even
know what it was but when a friend
ripped him a copy and gave it to him he
soon found himself skipping class to
he’s certainly come a long way number
five he’s really into coding Donald
Glover might not have a background in
computer science but that doesn’t mean
he can’t appreciate the work and
artistry that goes into coding or have
an understanding of its power in the
world speaking with Complex magazine in
2014
Glover waxed poetic about the beauty of
coding stating that quote if there is a
God he definitely codes
why because Glover views coding as the
ultimate building blocks for creating in
the modern age which is why he stresses
that he wants to see more kids learning
to code so that they can be creative and
quote make their own worlds
number four he got his big break writing
for Tina Fey’s 30 rock who drove Donald
Glover’s talent was obvious from a young
age in high school he was voted most
likely to write for The Simpsons after
making waves in the sketch comedy scene
and online as we’ve seen clever managed
to land a writing job on the hit show
right out of the university and Tina Fey
has acknowledged his talent more than
once over the years in a write up a belt
Glover she penned
Time Magazine’s 100 most influential
people she reminisced about Donald
quitting the show and how he was the
first and only writer she’d ever fully
supported in leaving the writers room to
pursue acting she would later feature on
his song real estate Gambino is number
three he influenced the look of
spider-man when it was announced that
Sony was rebooting their spider-man
franchise a Twitter campaign kicked off
pushing to get Donald Glover in the
iconic red and blue suit unfortunately
it was all for naught and the role
ultimately went to Andrew Garfield
regardless of the outcome however Glover
had become a part of the cultural
conversation surrounding spider-man so
much so that comic book writer Brian
Michael Bendis cites Donald Glover as
one of his inspirations for Miles
Morales the afro-latino spider-man who
debuted in 2011 Glover later got to
voice the character in the animated
series ultimate spider-man and give
on-screen advice to the third cinematic
spider-man as played by Tom Holland my
name is Miles Morales and I’m inspired
number two he was raised a Jehovah’s
Witness apart from their tendency to go
door to door and a perception that their
very devout many people don’t really
know a whole lot about Jehovah’s
Witnesses Donald Glover is not most
people and is very familiar with this
particular religious group when speaking
with Stephen Colbert he explained that
growing up a Jehovah’s Witness meant
that he didn’t have a whole lot of
material possessions when he was young
and was also kept away from things like
celebrating birthdays Christmas and
magic okay no Magic the Gathering no
magic gathering definitely no Magic
Johnson no leg
as he put it when talking to wired this
quote amplified my own alienness but hey
he did get that Lando action figure
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions one his
follow-up album to awaken my love will
be the last four childish gambino in
2017
Glover announced that after one more
album he would be retiring his musical
alter-ego naturally sent people into a
panic
with many hoping he simply meant he’d be
dropping the moniker and continuing to
make music as Donald Glover but
according to collaborator young thug
quote he’s really not making music after
Glover has stated that he essentially
believes everything should have a
deathclaws childish gambino included
look what I’m looking that being said
the success of this is America and a
deal with RCA Records
we’ve encouraging comments from the
company CEO have led many to hope that
Glover might eventually make more music
just not as Gambino only time will tell
yeah I’m out of here
I’ll see do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
chances are you’ve been hearing these
two names a lot welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 things you didn’t know
about childish gambino or donald glover
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at interesting
tidbits fun facts and awesome anecdotes
about this hyper talented actor writer
musician and creator hold up wait a
minute oh good just a week ago crew at
my house and we party every weekend
[Music]
number ten childish gambino came from a
wu-tang clan name generator’ that’s
right Donald Glover has built a music
career under a moniker acquired via a
digital roll of the dice then again
wu-tang has always featured members with
some of the best and most memorable
names in rap so can you really blame him
for wanting to emulate these hip-hop
icons it seems like he got off lucky
because not all the names created by
this generator are quite as cool as
childish gambino I got a carry on enter
the name John Smith for example and you
get the wu-tang name drunken watcher
which let’s be frank sounds way less
clever number 9 he created wrote and
stars in his own TV show ok you already
know about Atlanta given that it took
home the Golden Globe for Best
television series Musical or Comedy and
personally earned Glover both a Golden
Globe and two Emmys regardless it’d be
criminal to leave this achievement off
the list
that’s not everyone’s aware of just how
much blood sweat and tears Glover’s put
into bringing this series to life did we
mention he’s also a producer and
sometimes director of the show
it is truly Glover’s baby and in order
to make it a reality
he had to leave the comfort of his role
on the series community number 8
his first action figure Lando Calrissian
how many people grow up to play the
character whose action figure they
played with as a child like three in any
given generation that’s not actually a
statistic we’re just guessing because it
seems extremely unlikely as he told
Ellen DeGeneres in 2016 back when news
of his casting as Lando Calrissian had
just broken Lando was the first toy
Glover can remember receiving he also
remembers his mom warning him to be
careful with it because she was a big
Billy Dee Williams fan little did she
know years later he’d be getting advice
from Williams on playing that very same
role number seven he was an early
youtube star everybody has to get their
starts somewhere and for Donald Glover
his origin story begins in the mid 2000s
with Derrick comedy say they were
calling the cops yeah I’ve been watching
this whole
thing and both of you get in a paddy
wagon the trio of actors dominic Dierkes
DC Pierson and Donald Glover met and
began working together while studying at
NYU where all three performed as part of
Hammer cats NYU a sketch comedy group
starting their own project
the threesome began filming and
uploading videos to YouTube just one
year after the platform was created
within a year’s time they were already
creating buzz getting name dropped by
the likes of Rolling Stone number 6 his
music career began with a pirated
version of Fruity Loops speaking of
humble beginnings how about this
launchpad for his musical endeavors like
many aspiring musicians and producers
Donald Glover got his start producing
beats on the digital audio program
fruity loops and again like many
creatives living on a shoestring budget
he didn’t exactly acquire his copy via
legal means as he explained when talking
to consequence of sound he didn’t go out
and pirate it himself as he didn’t even
know what it was but when a friend
ripped him a copy and gave it to him he
soon found himself skipping class to
he’s certainly come a long way number
five he’s really into coding Donald
Glover might not have a background in
computer science but that doesn’t mean
he can’t appreciate the work and
artistry that goes into coding or have
an understanding of its power in the
world speaking with Complex magazine in
2014
Glover waxed poetic about the beauty of
coding stating that quote if there is a
God he definitely codes
why because Glover views coding as the
ultimate building blocks for creating in
the modern age which is why he stresses
that he wants to see more kids learning
to code so that they can be creative and
quote make their own worlds
number four he got his big break writing
for Tina Fey’s 30 rock who drove Donald
Glover’s talent was obvious from a young
age in high school he was voted most
likely to write for The Simpsons after
making waves in the sketch comedy scene
and online as we’ve seen clever managed
to land a writing job on the hit show
right out of the university and Tina Fey
has acknowledged his talent more than
once over the years in a write up a belt
Glover she penned
Time Magazine’s 100 most influential
people she reminisced about Donald
quitting the show and how he was the
first and only writer she’d ever fully
supported in leaving the writers room to
pursue acting she would later feature on
his song real estate Gambino is number
three he influenced the look of
spider-man when it was announced that
Sony was rebooting their spider-man
franchise a Twitter campaign kicked off
pushing to get Donald Glover in the
iconic red and blue suit unfortunately
it was all for naught and the role
ultimately went to Andrew Garfield
regardless of the outcome however Glover
had become a part of the cultural
conversation surrounding spider-man so
much so that comic book writer Brian
Michael Bendis cites Donald Glover as
one of his inspirations for Miles
Morales the afro-latino spider-man who
debuted in 2011 Glover later got to
voice the character in the animated
series ultimate spider-man and give
on-screen advice to the third cinematic
spider-man as played by Tom Holland my
name is Miles Morales and I’m inspired
number two he was raised a Jehovah’s
Witness apart from their tendency to go
door to door and a perception that their
very devout many people don’t really
know a whole lot about Jehovah’s
Witnesses Donald Glover is not most
people and is very familiar with this
particular religious group when speaking
with Stephen Colbert he explained that
growing up a Jehovah’s Witness meant
that he didn’t have a whole lot of
material possessions when he was young
and was also kept away from things like
celebrating birthdays Christmas and
magic okay no Magic the Gathering no
magic gathering definitely no Magic
Johnson no leg
as he put it when talking to wired this
quote amplified my own alienness but hey
he did get that Lando action figure
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions one his
follow-up album to awaken my love will
be the last four childish gambino in
2017
Glover announced that after one more
album he would be retiring his musical
alter-ego naturally sent people into a
panic
with many hoping he simply meant he’d be
dropping the moniker and continuing to
make music as Donald Glover but
according to collaborator young thug
quote he’s really not making music after
Glover has stated that he essentially
believes everything should have a
deathclaws childish gambino included
look what I’m looking that being said
the success of this is America and a
deal with RCA Records
we’ve encouraging comments from the
company CEO have led many to hope that
Glover might eventually make more music
just not as Gambino only time will tell
yeah I’m out of here
I’ll see do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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