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Whered He Come From?
(His mother also ran a day-care out of the garage.)
Hes called it a pimple on the ass of the earth.
(In high school, he was voted Most Likely to Write forThe Simpsons.)
His School Years
He attended a performing-arts high school outside Atlanta.
He auditioned with Camerons defiant closing monologue fromFerris Buellers Day Offand a Boyz II Men song.
In high school, he took dance classes, ballet, and tap.
Fellow students assumed he was closeted.
He lost his virginity to a trap song.
He formed a college sketch group calledDerrick Comedy.
Its most popular YouTube video, with 11 million views, is a 2006 TV-newsmagazine parody about bro rape.
But Theres One Person Who Can Intimidate Him
Beyonce, his co-star onThe Lion King.
His Big Break
He was hired as a writer on30 Rockright out of NYU.
His Non-Wedding Plans
When he was a child, he dreamed of becoming a wedding planner.
He does not currently believe in marriage.
He has two children with his partner, Michelle.
Parenthood, he says, is like ayahuasca.
He credits drugs with making him a better rapper.
His favorite karaoke song is Seals Kiss From a Rose.
Pitchfork called his debut album one of the most uniquely unlikable rap records of this year.
He says the pan put a lot of people on my side.
He has spoken periodically of his intent to retire from music.
He spent three years tinkering with the song that became This Is America.
It was finally released in May 2018, in part because of hisSNL-hosting gig.
He stopped doing this once he realized most men in his family die in their mid-60s.
Disney digitally scanned his likeness for his role as Lando inSolo.
He wonders whether it will now be used to put him in more films after his death.
He decided to leaveCommunitybecause I knew I was gonna die.
And if I knew that it was just like, This guy fromCommunitydied, Id be really disappointed.
His Look
Hes gone shirtless with his semidad bod.
Said the Reddit r/donaldglover, Shoutouts to Donald for promoting healthy male body image.
