Donald Glover: how the star of Atlanta proved that I too could be cool

His raps go viral, his show Atlanta is the hottest thing on TV, and he’s just stolen the new Star Wars film. Where was Donald Glover when I was growing up?When I was a teenager, I sometimes got called an “oreo”. You know, black on the outside, white on the inside. I was as proud as possible of being black and I’d studied black history, but to some of my peers something critical was missing, something ineffable but essential. Some heard it in the voice: not enough bass o...

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