Did Donald Glover plagiarize "This is America"?

[Sinister]

The influence is blatant and obvious.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I hope Donald was ethical enough to give those guys royalties and credits. Clearly they deserve it.

 

[agpxknt]

Grahambino

 

[Zero]

this why i fired earn.

repped

 

[Zero]

He didn't break bread. He's not even mad. He just wants a shoutout

Oh damn :dayum:

fukk that, take that nikka to court and get your bread

This is America

 

[eastsideTT]

Whenever shyt like this comes up I always start to wonder just how much dope shyt like this is out there that goes largely unheard

a lot . mind blowing numbers

 

[Zero]

What's he supposed to say ? fukk Gambino ? That never works out in the less popular artist's favor. Just use the exposure to your advantage.​

"Exposure"

Only thing that needs to be exposed a potential court case

 

[Zero]

He played it like you're supposed to, now hopefully he's about to eat.

I'll be checking for his shyt from now on.

"Hopefully" :fohch:

nikkas love a dream

 

[prophecypro]

Damn

 

[Zero]

He's handling it the right way. This obsession some of ya'all have with making money and lawsuits instead of making good music all makes it harder to actually hear good music. This is why it took me so long to get a hold of a copy of the Grey Album.

You aint never made shyt in your life and never will at this rate :boshdistressed:

 

[Zero]

12 random jurors who didn't know shyt about music decided that. It was a stupid decision and could set a bad precedent.

I'm going to bed.

 

[Wiles]

Dang...it's hella obvious he used this.

I KNEW THAT nikka WAS A fukkING HACK

 

[Juliano Soprano]

Adultish Gambino made an incredible video though that outshined the actual song and made it a huge success

No video = no hit

True, but him not giving an upcoming artist the credit he deserves is lame, Gambino could’ve been known as the guy to put on a new dope artist, now it’s a possibility that he’ll look like a biter and homeboy get put on anyway.

 

[dem bath salts]

When I had rap dreams. I would take a obscure Jay Z song and flipped the words around. Niqqas thought I was nice af around the block

I used to take the first 3 words of various poems from different poets and combined that shyt into one poem for English Comp in college. Professor was on some "Your poetry blurs the lines of obfuscation and lucidity, Bravo!"


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[Marlo Barksdale]

He's handling it the right way. This obsession some of ya'all have with making money and lawsuits instead of making good music all makes it harder to actually hear good music. This is why it took me so long to get a hold of a copy of the Grey Album.

What kinda foolish thinking is that? Just because it's entertainment to you doesn't mean it's still not a business. Tell that to broke Black artists who got the Cadillac Records treatment. I guess you think all artists should create work for free.

Somebody is going to make money off of your work and ideas. You best be compensated. He wasn't at all. This is why numbers, sales and business matters in music. If a good artist isn't fairly compensated, how can we expect them to keep creating great music while making no real income?

"Unfortunately a couple of things in this industry that ni**as don't understand:
Ninety percent of this sh*t is your business, ten percent of this sh*t is your talent"
- Mystikal ("Let's Get Em") (1997)