After Drake found himself in the middle of a rap beef with Kendrick Lamar recently, friction between the Canadian rapper and Donald Glover is speculated as well. On July 19, 2024, Glover released his fifth studio album Bando Stone & the New World. One of its tracks titled Yoshinoya, seemingly was aimed at Drake, as alleged by his fans.
In 2023, in an interview with GQ, Donald Glover revealed that his 2018 hit track This Is America, was meant to be a diss aimed at the Family Matters rapper. In response, Drake described the diss track as "overrated and over-awarded."
While Glover's latest track had been catching attention, it would be worthwhile determining the net worths of both celebrities. According to Celebrity Net Worth, while Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, has a net worth of $40 million, the 37-year-old rapper has a net worth of $250 million.
It could further be noted that both Drake and Donald Glover had been part of the music as well as the acting industry.
Donald Glover and Drake's careers and net worth explored
Donald Glover's career overview
Born September 25, 1983, in Edwards, California, Donald Glover is an actor, singer, producer, and writer. Known by his stage name Childish Gambino, Glover has a net worth of $40 million. He began his career as a writer after being recognized by David Miner and Tina Fey. He began his music career with his first independent mixtape Sick Boi, which was released in 2008.
In March 2011, he officially dropped his first extended play, EP. He then conducted a tour the same year, titled IAMDONALD Tour. Before the official launch of his first studio album Camp in November 2011, Glover got into a deal with Glassnote Records.
His second studio album Because The Internet, was released in 2013, and it ranked number 7 on the US Billboard 200. Several tracks from the album, Sweatpants, Crawl, and 3005, became popular with 3005 making it to the US Billboard Hot 100 at 64 rank.
In his musical career so far, Gambino has released 5 studio albums. He has also worked in several films like The Muppets, and The Martian. Between 2018 and 2019, he had earned about $30 million, from several other endeavors apart from singing and acting.
Drake's career overview
The Canadian rapper who has become an important name in the music industry was born on October 24, 1986, in Toronto. The 5 time Grammy winner has a whopping net worth of $250 million, and usually earns about $70 million each year, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
The rapper began his career by acting in the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation at the age of 15. In 2006, upon drawing inspiration from Jay-Z and Clipse, the rapper dropped his first mixtape Room for Improvement.
Back then he got a little over $300 in royalties for the project, according to HipHopDX report in December 2020.
His debut studio album Thank Me Later, was released in 2010, and contained some super hit tracks like Over and Find Your Love. The album itself debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. Over the years, the 37-year-old rapper has launched about 8 studio albums.
Recently, Drake found himself in the middle of a heated rap beef with Kendrick Lamar, where he dropped several diss tracks too. In May 2022, it was confirmed by the Universal Music Group that they had signed a deal with Drake, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
A glimpse into the friction between Donald Glover and Drake
In the recently released track Yoshinoya, Childish Gambino could be heard saying:
"You got your biz in the streets/I wash my hands when I eat... I find your house on the app/People around you ain't slat/They plottin' hard when you slack."
Power105.1 reported on July 23, that there had been several references in the track that seemed like they were aimed at the beef between K.Dot and the Canadian rapper. Glover further rapped:
"Integrity w***e, say what I mean/Apologize if I didn't. Or clarify if it's written in stone/Freak it and leave it alone/Give it time, let the truth come to light/Let 'em catch up/N***as peepin' like 'Damn, he was right.'"
Glover seemingly took a dig at DJ Akademiks as well in the track. He rapped:
"You f***in’ these h**s, I’m f***in’ my wife/ AK not silent like knife."
As mentioned, the alleged beef reportedly began with Glover's 2018 released track This Is America. While fans seemed pretty much sure that the latest mentions in Yoshinoya, were allegedly meant for Drake, Donald Glover has not confirmed anything, as of now.