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Donald Glover, Renaissance man of comedy and rap

by theGrio | July 19, 2010 at 8:33 AM
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From Los Angeles Times

Donald Glover had things to do.

In his trailer on the set of the NBC sitcom “Community” last spring, the up-and-coming young comedian itemized his various pop cultural obligations. There was the screenplay for a movie he had pitched that still needed plenty of work. There was the TV pilot Glover was obligated to deliver (with, of course, a prominent role earmarked for himself) under his contract with NBC. Then there was his day job: performing as Troy, a former prom king and high school jock matriculated in classes at “Community’s” titular community college.

But what the 26-year-old Atlanta native really wanted to do was something entirely different.

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