Did Donald Glover plagiarize "This is America"?

[CrimsonTider]

This is crazy people are upset about this? If this is plagiarized then man what isn't.

Its crazy how people want to tear down successful artist.


Outside of the beat being similar and the topic of america.


No one cared about the Jay and B taking the migos ape$hit track and just adding they vocals but somehow people are upset and mad at that this?


Most of which said the song was trash and the video was the only thing good about it in the 1st place?

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[Kilgore Trout]

They are absolutely nothing alike

 

[Peak]

Though I ain't no Gambino fan....

I BET NOT see not ONE of you Drake loving pussies in here talkin shyt.

Why not?

 

[King Poetic]

Jase out there in jersey struggling and this nikka donald was like nobody knows this nikka, let me steal his track

donald a real life

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

here's the deleted tweet

He saw the song was was 2 years old so he went and said there’s was 3 years old

 

[Spade281]

Yall forget that Childish Gambino copied Charles Hamilton when he first got on the scene.

His whole career has been made by biting off other people and then his people around him are somehow able to promote him as the genius.

I still bump his shyt but am just like...

Speaking of which, how are yall not banging Jase Harley's "Memoir of an American Heathen"? This whole situation brought me to his album. It bumps! Smooth sound and good lyrics. Summer chillin type music. Free streaming playlist on YouTube:

 

[Spade281]

here's the deleted tweet

I remember when Charles Hamilton stole a beat from Black Spade (the "Shinin" song), he used that exact same wording. "I have the pro tools file to prove it". Yet he never posted it. Fitting that it's Gambino's manager whose using this same language considering Gambino was copying Hamilton's style when he first got onto the scene.

 

[MollyGalaga]

I remember when Charles Hamilton stole a beat from Black Spade (the "Shinin" song), he used that exact same wording. "I have the pro tools file to prove it". Yet he never posted it. Fitting that it's Gambino's manager whose using this same language considering Gambino was copying Hamilton's style when he first got onto the scene.

can you post the CG Hamilton bites instead of just posting about it

 

[MollyGalaga]

if this turns out to be real i wont care

if this turns out to be fake i still wont care but will

nobody wanna give credit for anything anymore

 

[jwinfield]

I remember when Charles Hamilton stole a beat from Black Spade (the "Shinin" song), he used that exact same wording. "I have the pro tools file to prove it". Yet he never posted it. Fitting that it's Gambino's manager whose using this same language considering Gambino was copying Hamilton's style when he first got onto the scene.

The song Hamilton stole had Spade singing background vocals

Told Spade to his face that he made the song, Spade went, that's my voice on the chorus

 

[CrushedGroove]

Maybe him taking the song, promoting it like it always belonged to him, and reaping the benefits while the actual creators must keep working for pennies while getting shouted down by the masses is an overlooked meaning behind "This Is America"

 

[ApolloStark]

Not gonna read through ALL the replies but just wanted to say to the cats who said the songs sound different enough.....

LOL
LOOOOOOL
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

And I LOVE Donald Glover...
Goddddddamn

 

[nahnah]

It's one thing being inspired by a song/artist but this is.......



I wonder what the original artists first thought was when he head Gambino's cover version

 

[pete clemenza]

Damn Donald Glover.. really

 

[director_of_bands]

im glad this corn got exposed that america video is on some homo fake conscious sht... put your shirt on homo....that gun pointing ballet choreography sht he was on is corny too