Childish Gambino ‘accused of stealing elements of This Is America from rapper Jase Harley’
Childish Gambino’s politically charged hit song, This Is America , debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, was widely praised for opening a new dialogue about gun violence in America and its provocative video spawned numerous parodies. However, the success of the critically-accompanied track is being quickly overshadowed by allegations of plagiarism. The 34-year-old entertainer’s artistry has been called into question after fans noticed similarities between This Is America and a song by lesser-known rapper Jase Harley. According to some hip hop taste makers, the monster hit, released on 5 May, copies elements from American Pharaoh, from Harley’s 2016 album Free Pxrn: The Memoir of an American Heathen. This Is America, which has amassed almost 300 million YouTube views, is said to not only share the same subject matter as the American Pharaoh but a similar instrumental and vocal inflection. One person wrote: ‘So Childish Gamb...