A collaborator of mine, Fam [Udeorji] and I, we talked about The Death of Superman a lot. He always brought up The Death of Superman; he’s always kinda loved that. I always knew Childish Gambino was a character.

This is America, which means Donald Glover has choices. And the actor and writer has made one in deciding to retire his musical alter ego, Childish Gambino. “It’s not fulfilling,” he told the New York Times in a recent intervie w. “I just felt like I didn’t need to build in this way anymore.”

Donald Glover is preparing for Childish Gambino's final act, and before Bando Stone & The New World arrives, the multi-hyphenate put his taste buds to the test on Hot Ones Thursday (July 18). Glover has experimented with hallucinogenics such as ayahuasca,