Donald Glover shares three children with his wife, Michelle White. Their eldest son, Legend, plays a big role in the new Childish Gambino album.
Donald Glover may be saying goodbye to his hip-hop alter-ego, Childish Gambino, but his latest album offers a rare glimpse into another role he plays: father and family man.
Glover released his fifth and final pseudonymous record on Friday. Titled “Bando Stone & the New World”, the concept album follows a musician, presumably the character of Gambino, recording music on a remote island as a catastrophe threatens to destroy the planet.
The album opens with a child’s voice asking, “Are we gonna die?” Glover’s voice replies, “Not tonight.” The rest of the tracklist is sprinkled with references to parenthood.
Most notably, the 10th track, “Can You Feel Me”, includes a feature from Glover’s eldest son, Legend.
“Without your love, I wouldn’t be here”, Legend sings in the final verse. “Tears in my eyes, boys who was telling me lies / Daddy took me to the side, told me it was OK to cry.”
Although Glover said his collaborators were skeptical about the album leaning too familial or tender, he stood his ground.
“I think grace is undervalued in the world”, Glover told The New York Times. “When I put my son on my shoulders, I feel deep joy. That’s real. No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.'”Glover shares three children with his wife, Michelle White: Legend, Drake, and Donald
Glover was initially linked to White in 2016. The pair were photographed on vacation in Hawaii while White was visibly pregnant.
