Childish Gambino Declares That ‘Rap Is Done’

“Rap is done.”

That’s the prevailing theme gleaned from Childish Gambino’s in-depth interview with Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg this week.

“I’ve talked about this before,” he told Rosenberg, while discussing his latest LP, Because The Internet and his upcoming mixtape. “Rap is done. Rap is done. I love hip-hop, I love rap, but the thing it was supposed to do it doesn’t do anymore. It’s not doing the social work it’s supposed to do anymore.”

According to the former “Community” actor, what made hip-hop cool was its authenticity, a concept that he and groups like Odd Future are conveying with their new movement.
“Odd Future, they sell youth,” he said. “I’m young and I don’t care. I think that can grow into this realness.”