CelebritiesChildish Gambino (37) is taken to court for copyright infringement. Rapper Kidd Wes claims that Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ is a copy of his own song, various American media report.
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Rapper Kidd Wess released the song ‘Made In America’ in 2016, two years before the release of Gambino’s ‘This is America’. According to Kidd Wess, the content and structure of the choruses of the two songs are identical.
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In the court documents you can read how Kidd Wess hired a musicologist to compare the two songs. He concluded that “the similarities in the two songs are probably no coincidence.” Donald Glover, as Childish Gambino is really called, has not yet responded to the claims.
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‘This Is America’ became a big hit two years ago, partly because of the video clip of the song. The clip depicts gun violence in the United States and police violence against African Americans. In 2019 the song made history by being the first rap song to win the Grammy for Song of the Year.
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Compare both numbers here:
‘Made in America’ (Kidd Wess)
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‘This is America’ (Childish Gambino)
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