Since the first Drake diss didn’t work, Childish Gambino has tried it again.
The actor (you might also know him as Community’s Donald Glover) evolved rapper sat down with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg Monday night (Sept 15) at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in downtown L.A. to talk music, including his just-released song “Sober.” But alas, no rap conversation would be complete without a little controversy – specifically aimed at Drake … another actor turned rapper.
“I don’t want people to think that I hate Drake,” he insisted, though he has had some choice words for him in the past. “I don’t hate Drake at all. I really like Drake, if not for no other reason than he makes me better. He really does, for real. I had to fight that. I knew when I was doing Childish Gambino from the beginning, like, ‘They’re not gonna let me do this because they already have an actor/singer/rapper guy who’s black.’ If he was white, it would be different, because they’d be like, ‘They’re not the same.’ It’s very specific.
“But I don’t dislike Drake,” he continued, setting up a one-two punch of a compliment followed by a dash of shade. “I think he’s a really good writer and rapper. Right now, I definitely think I’m better than him, but only because I’m working harder than him right now. If he came in right now like, ‘Let’s rap,’ I’d be like, ‘Oh, I’mma kill you.’ But like right now. Maybe he’s got something up his sleeve.”
But it wasn’t all about Drake. CG also discussed his newly released single – “Sober.”
“It’s Michael Jackson-esque,” he admitted, sitting cross-legged on his chair wearing a beige cardigan and patterned beach shorts. “It’s weird, because I never said that. I mean, we would hear it, but I was like, ‘I can’t say that.’ Like, ‘I did it just like the best performer ever.’ I just wanted to have that feeling. I just don’t think there’s that feeling anymore. … Michael Jackson is just short-term for something that lasts a long time and you care about.”
Check out his performance of the track along with a couple of other gems.
My two-cents: I like CG, but really … there’s no need for this. This is purely for a look. Stand on your talent sir. You have plenty.
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