I am the new Tupac in a strange way: Donald Glover

Press Trust of India  |  New York 

believes he has had a similar life growing up as the late rapper, Tupac The 34-year-old, whose hip-hop stage act is called Childish Gambino, said he shares bizarre similarities with the "Hail Mary" hitmaker. "I know everybody likens themselves to Tupac a lot. I am the new Tupac in a strange way.

I grew up similar. I didn't have a mom in the Black Panthers, but my parents were very pro-black. "Also, my mom made me go to performing arts high school. She was like, 'That's where you need to be'," Glover told magazine. was killed in a shooting in in 1996 at the age of 25.

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First Published: Fri, February 09 2018. 11:10 IST