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Drake Fans Are Convinced That Childish Gambino Named His Son After Him Amid Diss Rumors

July 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

A lot of fans think that Childish Gambino is sending shots at Drake on his Bando Stone cut “Yoshinoya,” which has many of them looking back at their history together and what could’ve gone wrong. In the process of fans “picking their side,” though, many OVO die-hards are harping on the idea that Donald Glover named his second son “Drake” in 2018 after the 6ix God. Moreover, these followers clowned the multi-hyphenate for supposedly displaying such an obsession with Aubrey that his child needs to remind him of him.

However, others not only flipped this to mean that Drizzy is Childish Gambino’s son, but also called out that it’s the OVO fans who became too obsessed to realize that Drake is not an exclusive trademark term to refer to the Toronto superstar, but rather a very common name. Regardless, there’s actually a lot of material here for a potential beef brewing. Many fans felt that Gambino’s new album Bando Stone And The New World had a lot of Drake influence on it with the rap flows and the vocal tone, for example. Whether or not you agree, you can see the fanbases build their angles in real-time.

Drake Fans Think Childish Gambino Obsesses Over Drake… And Their Argument Is Very Ironic

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Also, this isn’t the only presumable beef that Childish Gambino possibly ignited on Bando Stone, as some bars on the album seemingly aim at Joe Budden. “They in the minor leagues, but I’m pro-Black / I bet he hate his mom, how you know that? / You got a podcast ’cause you can’t rap / You on some Fresh and Fit s**t, talking body counts / I count a body every time I’m on tracks,” he raps on the cut. Ironically enough, Budden had said last year that Drake would 100% beat Gambino in a rap battle.

Nevertheless, all of these beef assumptions and arguments and all that don’t matter at all, because Childish Gambino probably doesn’t want beef with Drake. We already saw Glover’s relative lack of love for Graham’s Kendrick Lamar beef that popped off earlier this year. Also, for every potential subliminal bar at another MC on Bando Stone, there are three or four other lines that make it clear he doesn’t care about any smoke. So at the end of the day, much like what the Kendrick situation eventually became, this is more about fanbases fighting each other through their favs rather than the artists actually being combative.

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Childish Gambino Seems To Diss Joe Budden On New Album “Bando Stone And The New World”

July 19, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino’s presumably final album, Bando Stone And The New World, has a little bit of everything for Donald Glover fans. There’s some soulful and tender instrumentation, some wild distorted experimentation, and the return of boastful and combative Gambino on more than a few fiery rap cuts here. Of course, people became so beef-pilled in recent months that folks immediately combed through the lyrics to see if anyone caught strays. While there aren’t any direct shots on Bando Stone, one particular set of lines on the track “Survival” with Chlöe Bailey is the most likely subliminal, and it’s seemingly directed at Joe Budden.

“They in the minor leagues, but I’m pro-Black / I bet he hate his mom, how you know that? / You got a podcast ’cause you can’t rap / You on some Fresh and Fit s**t, talking body counts / I count a body every time I’m on tracks,” Childish Gambino raps on the cut. While this might seem like a bizarre and out-of-nowhere shot, there’s actually some precedent for animosity here. Budden had previously posited that Drake would absolutely demolish Gambino in a rap battle, whether through straight-up bars or having a troll-off.

Childish Gambino’s “Survival”: Listen To The Alleged Joe Budden Disses

Of course, Joe Budden’s beef-preoccupied mind probably spends more time these days thinking about Cardi B rather than Childish Gambino. They recently engaged in a pretty nasty Twitter spat, as Cardi blasted the rapper and podcaster for his criticisms of her career and releases. Budden seemed to take it all in stride and dismiss engaging with the conversation, whether to indicate his lack of ill will or to not deal with that headache altogether. Either way, it doesn’t seem like a very good weekend to be the Slaughterhouse MC.

Meanwhile, other Childish Gambino fans think that the lyrics on Bando Stone might take shots at Drake, Kendrick Lamar, or others. In fact, some folks just want to see him talk about all the rap beefs in 2024, which he already expressed little interest in. More importantly, plenty of other bars on this album indicate that Glover could really care less about rap beef. So whether or not this was actually a shot at Joe Budden, we doubt he wants to make a big deal out of it.

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Childish Gambino’s Feature List For New Album “Bando Stone” Allegedly Revealed

July 8, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino’s new album Bando Stone & The New World is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated releases of the year, and for good reason. There have been a lot of great clips of reported project cuts, plus a hot new single, a revamped version of his 2020 album, and a new film to boot. But folks are speculating a lot about what features we can expect on the LP when it drops on July 19. Per some online reports, we have an alleged guest list to look at. But take it with a grain of salt, as we’re not entirely sure of where this information came from.

According to NFR Podcast, for example, Bando Stone will feature Yeat, Kamasi Washington, Amaarae (twice), Steve Lacy, Fousheé, Jorja Smith, Chlöe Bailey, Flo Milli, and Childish Gambino’s son. The platform also suggested that this information comes from the New York City listening party that he recently hosted, and that not every track from the album was previewed. As such, maybe we can expect even more features on the album in addition to these. However, it’s also entirely possible that the final version won’t include this exact list, so we’ll just have to tune in and see.

Childish Gambino’s Rumored Feature List For Bando Stone & The New World

What’s more is that this feature list is pretty exciting regardless because it points to the versatility to come on Bando Stone. After all, Childish Gambino’s lead single to this album, “Lithonia,” is a dramatic alt-rock-leaning cut that is unlike much of what he’s done in the past. With these rumored guests in mind (Fousheé and Steve Lacy were actually at the listening event), we can only expect similar lushness and variety on the project. If not, then we’re sure that Donald Glover’s mind will be enough to bring this approach.

Meanwhile, as for the Bando Stone movie, we still don’t have many details on when that will come out or how. But fans are still excited either way, and how couldn’t they be? Childish Gambino is one of the great multi-disciplinary creative minds of our time, and one that doesn’t pop up too often. So we can’t wait to see what wild world he will explore here.

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Childish Gambino Previews His New Album With Foushee & Steve Lacy At NYC Listening Event

July 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino’s new album (and multi-media project, as there’s a film involved), Bando Stone & The New World, is coming out on July 19, and fans couldn’t be more excited. Moreover, that’s especially the case thanks to a recent listening party he held in New York City to preview this new project and play some music from it. Donald Glover also tapped Steve Lacy and Fousheé to perform together, as it seems like they have a couple of collaborations on the highly anticipated LP. Either way, it made for an amazing show, and one that displayed the sheer variety and lushness that Bando Stone will presumably champion.

Furthermore, the single for this project, “Lithonia,” shows Childish Gambino moving in a more alt-rock and possibly emo-inspired direction, complete with blaring guitars, dramatic pianos, and a spotlit vocal performance. According to clips from this listening event, the album will also contain some hip-hop worship, funky passages, tender soul, electronic embellishments, and a lot of sharp and melodically serene songwriting. We’re sure that there’s even more in store, as this album comes after a pretty long wait. But what’s the fun in spoiling the surprises?

Childish Gambino, Fousheé & Steve Lacy Perform At Bando Stone Listening Party

Also, this is a very interesting rollout because it followed a curious but welcome reflection on Childish Gambino’s behalf of his past releases. The last album we got before Bando Stone was 2020’s 3.15.20, which he chose to revamp and re-release as the 2024 project Atavista. There were some notable changes and feature additions compared to the original version, plus some wholly unchanged aspects. It’s not really a common sighting in the mainstream or in the underground to handle releases in this way, so we’re glad that this experiment manifested.

Meanwhile, fans are ecstatic to hear about Childish Gambino’s new film soon, for which this new album will apparently be some sort of soundtrack. As with all things Donald Glover, he’s going to wear a lot of hats and make a whole media experience out of his creativity. You certainly won’t find us complaining, especially after how great much of this listening party material sounded. We’re all ready for Bando Stone & The New World, and we can’t wait to explore it.

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Childish Gambino Believes Rap Isn’t Growing Like It Used To

October 6, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Childish Gambino’s recent Complex interview saw him dishing out on a lot of controversial and debated topics. One of those was on the role of artificial intelligence in today’s world, and his answer might surprise you. However, another contentious and heated discussion, especially right now, is whether or not hip-hop is “dead” or “dying.” While Donald Glover didn’t take the black-and-white stance that others have, he did express belief that things just aren’t as they used to be. Maybe you’ll find his comments out-of-touch, maybe they resonate deeply with your thoughts on the game, but one thing’s for sure: this is a big and elusive name to be addressing this.

“I think I’m as tapped in as I can be,” Childish Gambino replied when asked how in-tune he feels to rap. “[I like] when something feels new to me. You get washed and old when s**t just sounds the same to you because you’ve heard so much. You know, I think the women are killing it because they have narratives. I feel like a lot of the guys, it’s harder to have interesting new narratives now.

Childish Gambino’s Summarized Thoughts On Today’s Rap Game

Donald Glover on the state of rap…

“I feel like, in general… I don’t want to say ‘rap is dead,’ it’s just, it’s not able to grow the way it was growing before.” pic.twitter.com/OPsdggBLit

— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) October 4, 2023

“Also, I feel like, in general… I don’t want to say ‘rap is dead,’ it’s just, it’s not able to grow the way it was growing before,” Childish Gambino continued. “It’s just not able to. It’s a very different time. Who’s making it and why they’re making it is very different, too. I hear Sexyy Red, I hear Ice Spice, I hear Tokischa. I hear all these artists, and I’m like ‘This is all good s**t.’ And it goes back to… The audience decides what the functionality of it is. Sometimes, that is just to feel good. Also, people want something fresh, but people want it fast, which sometimes just doesn’t happen.

“I feel like it’ll be clear sooner rather than later,” the multi-hyphenate creative answered to a question about whether he’ll drop music soon. “It’d be better for people to just tune in, I suppose. But I’m trying harder to not be cryptic. Tyler is always, like, ‘You’re so cryptic.’ But I’m like, ‘I’m really not.’ I just like suspense, I guess. I think it makes stuff better. But that’s just me.” For more news and updates on Childish Gambino, log back into HNHH.

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Drake Blasts Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” On Tour, Calls It “Overrated”

July 6, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Drake’s “It’s All A Blur” tour with 21 S*vage just kicked off, and there’s no shortage of things to talk about. However, perhaps the spiciest and most potentially consequential part of the whole ordeal was him dissing Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” as part of his visuals. Moreover, it was fittingly during Drizzy’s performance of the track “Headlines,” where multiple headlines appear on a screen. “The Overrated And Over Awarded Hit Song ‘This Is America’ Was Originally A Drake Diss Record,” the screen read at one point. Of course, it’s entirely possible that this is all in good fun, but considering their history, it’s not particularly likely, either.

What’s more is that it’s kind of wild to think of Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” a politically charged statement of a song, starting off as a Drake diss. Maybe that’s the point, as the 6 God isn’t one to engage in a lot of social topics in his music (which isn’t a bad thing, necessarily). Regardless of your interpretation of this shade, there’s a bit of conflicting evidence here as to whether there’s legitimate beef here. For example, photographers captured them at the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscars party, so maybe they’re just having fun with the outlets that will go wild over this news.

Drake’s Onstage Shade To “This Is America”

Drake shades Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” following diss song confession https://t.co/52WCdDsvQr pic.twitter.com/XayOQF3xj5

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Furthermore, Donald Glover explained the origins of “This Is America” during a recent GQ interview. “The idea for the song started as a joke, to be completely honest,” Childish Gambino revealed. “‘This is America’- that was all we had, was, like, that line. And it started as a Drake diss, to be honest [laughs], as like, a funny way of, like, doing it. But then I was like, ‘This s**t sounds kind of hard, though,’ you know? So I was like, ‘Let me play with it.’ So we just had that for a long time.”

Meanwhile, the Canadian superstar actually appeared (albeit in animated and mute form) on Childish’s music video for “Feels Like Summer.” In addition, Glover used him as inspiration for the “Atlanta” episode “Champagne Papi,” titled not-so-subtly. In it, the character Vanessa goes to a party hosted by him, and he even responded to the episode: “This s**t is surreal, I’m too high for this.” Perhaps these two aren’t such enemies after all and are just playing around- and if they are their oppositions, well, let’s see how Glover reacts. For more news and the latest updates on Childish Gambino and Drake, come back to HNHH.

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Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” Lawsuit Dismissed

March 26, 2023 by newhiphopnews

A judge just dismissed a lawsuit concerning Childish Gambino’s acclaimed 2018 track, “This Is America.” Moreover, rapper Kidd Wes (real name Emelike Wesley Nwosuocha) filed suit in 2021. He claimed that the song infringed on his 2016 cut “Made In America.” According to documents obtained by Pitchfork, a judge in New York federal court dismissed the motion on Friday (March 24) with prejudice to leave to amend. Furthermore, Kidd Wes’ attorneys stated that he is considering an appeal. In addition, this news on Donald Glover’s previous hit comes after he made a musical return with the EP for his new series “Swarm.”

“Mr. Nwosuocha is understandably disappointed, and is considering an appeal of the decision,” attorneys Imran H. Ansari and La’Shawn N. Thomas stated to the music-based publication. “He stands by his music, creativity, and the independence of grassroots artists to create their own music, and receive credit where credit is due, without the fear of it being apportioned by another.” However, Judge Victor Marrero pointed out that Wes failed to register a compositional copyright in addition to that of his sound recording.

Childish Gambino’s “This Is America”

“Even if Nwosuocha had a copyright registration for the composition of Plaintiff’s Composition, however, dismissal would be warranted here because the elements of Plaintiff’s Composition purportedly infringed upon are insufficiently original to warrant protection, or because they are not substantially similar to the Challenged Composition,” the dismissal read. “More could be said on the ways these songs differ, but no more airtime is needed to resolve this case.” Regarding that last part, the judge referred to differences in lyrics and each song’s themes.

Also, many of Glover’s collaborators on the track also faced repercussions for their role in “This Is America.” In addition to the “Atlanta” series creator, the suit named co-writer Young Thug and producer Lüdwig Goransson. Various record and publishing companies were also codefendants in this lawsuit. Moreover, Pitchfork sought comment from Gambino’s camp, but no such statements have come as of writing this article. Regardless, return to HNHH for the latest on Donald Glover and his musical alter-ego, which is apparently coming back soon.

Kidd Wes’ “Made In America”

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