Childish Gambino

“This is America” reveals a shocking vision of the United States

The Grammy Awards are the second of the three most significant musical achievement awards in the United States. Two of the anticipated awards that many fans of this event look forward to learning are the Song of the Year and the Record of the Year.
The Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriters of a given song, where the Record of the Year goes to the artists, producers and engineers involved in crafting the recording (the “record”) of a song. Both categories are huge and both usually go to an artist or organization responsible for a pop song.

Rapper Shoots Christian Choir in Charged Music Video ‘This Is America”

Rapper, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, made a music video called This Is America that features him shooting a black choir with an automatic rifle. It's not clear exactly what the message of the video is supposed to be - if there even is a message - but the take away is that bizarre body gyrations and random murder is ... well, America. We are waiting to see if YouTube or Go Daddy will feel moral outrage by this normalization of murder and close down Glover's Internet access.