Over the weekend, people on the internet started to notice that Childish Gambinoās wildly popular āThis Is Americaā may have some creative overlap with another song from 2016. The song in question is Jase Harleyās āAmerican Pharaoh.ā
āAmerican Pharaoh,ā which is off Harleyās Free Pxrn: The Memoir Of An American Heathen album, shares similar elements with Gambinoās mega hit,Ā including the chorus chanting, transitions between rapping and singing segments, flow, drum pattern, and subject matter.
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As a result, people have been commenting on Harleyās latest Instagram post to give him props and see if heāll take legal action. Harley has been replying, writing, ānah all artist get inspired by others.. artists being thirsty for bread is why ppl donāt wanna credit anyone for inspiration. Itās all love and support from me, glad if my record influenced his.ā
He did mention heād like a mention in some form or another (ālol word a shout out would be coolā) but he felt the inspiration was real from the start (āI always felt my song inspired it lol from the first time I heard itā). As of now, Harley isnāt credited in any form on āThis Is America.ā
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Gambinoās managerĀ Fam Udeorji took to Twitter to address the plagiarism claims, saying that āThis Is Americaā has been in the works for three years and that he can prove it.
the Internet is a place of no consequences. I hate that Toronto Akademiks/every white blogger can say something as gospel and y'all take it. this song is 3 yrs old, and we have pro tools files to prove it. but fuck you and your moms, and your future fetuses. stay blessed. https://t.co/z7AyyWgrOz
ā Fam Rothstein (@famlikefamily) June 25, 2018
Childish Gambino hasnāt released a statement himself on the matter.
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Since being released on May 6, āThis Is Americaā has goneĀ platinum, hit almost 300 million YouTube plays, and reachedĀ #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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