Childish Gambino is the music-based alter ego of American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, musician, and DJ Donald Glover Jr, who was born September 25, 1983 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Donald first entered music with a self-produced mixtape The Younger I Get while studying for a degree in Dramatic Writing at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, which led to him becoming a script writer for the television show 30 Rock.