Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino Impromptu Performance of 'This Is America' | BET Awards 2018 

Jamie is that uncle that make u get up and “do that lil dance you do”

Jamie acted like proud annoying dad 😆

This audience was awfffful. He deserved an incredible response for that video.

Gambino is soooo underrated. This guy is extremely talented !

That audience was dry af. Shout out to Jamie trying to entertain those stiff ass folks

DAMN, jamie hit donald with the "show your auntie that lil dance you be doin" 😭

Jamie is like your mom who can't stop appreciating you in front of your in-laws.

Jamie. Respect. Giving the attention to Donald Glover and pointing out his genius is major and neccessary. Combating racism is going to take hard conversations. This Is America needs to be shown repeatedly and in high school history classes. ☮❤🖤

“BET make some noise...Wit ya stankin’ asses” ~Jamie Foxx 🤣🤣

I'm just blown all the black people in the room had to be coached to applaud loud for Donald and it was a pivotal song.

Them being reluctant to give congratulations and celebrating their own brother's success says a lot about the culture

Jaime was mad...When you gotta drag the Blackness out of folk, crazy.

“You not gone see me joking” he says as he just finished joking

Despite how awkward anyone feels this was, the love that was shown was priceless Jamie I salute you because you didn't do this for his self-esteem and you didn't do this for awareness for our country but you did it based off the fact that this was someone that was brave enough to stand up and say hey this is what is really going on in our country and the fact that he was brave enough to admit all of it positive and negative was what made the song what it is now. Salute Childish Gambino I was listening to you before this came out and watching Atlanta before this came out and salute to Jamie Foxx because that was straight love and we need more of that in the world not just America

Jamie is that teacher that calls on folks in class that didn't have their hand raised🤣🤦🏾‍♀️

"I'm not doing anything" ... the joys of peer-pressure

I love Gambino; this was awkward.

Don't understand why he wasn't given a slot to perform such great song

I love that Jamie Foxx made people acknowledge the greatness of Donald Glover. This truly put a smile on my face. I love me some Jamie Foxx.

Good for Jamie Foxx for honoring Donald Glover like this. Sure impromptu but its good he lifted him up like this.

Khaled looking like a whole picnic table

2:38 you can read donald's lips mouthing the words, "I'm not doing anything " lmaaoo

It was his vocals that blew me away...straight beautiful ❤️

Jamie Foxx is so gracious. Liked that he wasn't too cool to show his appreciation to a fellow artist for their work. And he is all the way right. That video was Dy-no-mite!

Donald Glover is a modern day genius!!!

Big ups to Jamie for acknowledging that young man. The gesture alone was a win for the black community in America….and Mr Glover is definitely talented.

He low-key looked a bit ticked off

That was one of the realest interactions I’ve seen in the industry in a long time! Childish Gambino is a living legend, he’s gonna just keep growing as an artist and in everything he does, Jaime Fox is so real for doing that. I love how the connection he made between insecure too I love Issa the movement is real!!! Like minded ppl on the same shit.

Childish gambino was caught off guard LOL

DOnald is GOATTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a beautiful human being

I thought he'd get an award or something, can't believe he wasn't even given recognition. Impromptu recognition for a guy who made music with such deep meaning. A song with a very important message behind it and with great relation especially to the black community. Opening the world's eyes to what it's really like to be a black man (prsn) in America, but BLACK entertainment couldn't even acknowledge that. They instead choose to recognise and give awards to mumble rappers WOW, 'This is America'... As has been clearly depicted.🙌

You can tell he really didn’t wanna go up there lol

*Jamie has the best Improv in the game!*

That dance he be doing at 2:57 is smooth af. Lol.

Damn they wasn't showing him no damn love 🤦🏽‍♀️ this is America

I've had the luck of seeing Childish Gambino perform live twice in my life. Wild performances both times that made thousands of people go absolutely batshit for him. The guy's insanely talented, from comedy stand-up, to tv roles and acting, to writing and producing his own shows, to singing, rapping and dancing. And he's incredibly shy about it all when he's praised for the work he does, and prefers to pass the accolades off on to someone else. Gotta love this man.

i applaud him for speaking from the heart and really tryiing to show the accomplishments of the black community its amazing

*Jamie is just always funny to me, but Donald Glover is insanely talented and diverse!*

Why are we not talking about the fact that those are two legends in two different generations. Both men of many talents.

That must have been amazing having Jamie Foxx give you your flowers like that.

Talented brother! Actor,comedian rapper, singer.

I think when they do a Marvin Gaye movie he should be him..

Respect to Jamie. Him and Donald share so many similarities. Nice for him to shine a light on him during this moment.

Thank you.. someone admitted it's a work of art.

Why didn't they have him perform on the show?

Donald Glover produced one of the most important songs ever. This is not a joke, it's not funny, and it remains relevant. Let's fight to make a world where this song is a bop and not hard reality.

I love Jamie showing love to him. I'm sure it felt good to be acknowledged by a peer like that at a big event.

The way he took that joke away from Jamie about his clothes was perfect timing

Pajamas to the BET Awards?... He's saying they sleep but ain't nobody catch that. #StayWoke

Glover is the most talented person in that building

Jamie acknowledged him because he is a young jamie fox of this generation he can do it all.

Jamie was right on. BET isn't what it was. Jealousy is all over the black communities. That's why we are dying in the streets by the hands of other brothers. I can't really watch it.

Multi-talented man.

this is americaaaa **points gun** 😭💛

Talk about having the gift of gab!!! Jamie is just one of a kind

I love these young folks like Childish, Khlaed, the Weeknd, Kendrick & Lizzo. I think they are inspiring. Real. Very impressive.

"Big boy stand up before I slap the..."

3:14 that voiceeeee

This is a moment that I would've actually loved to see live instead of watching a 4 minute clip of it on the RU-vid channel for a network I no longer support. Donald Glover is damn near like a younger reincarnation of Jamie Foxx... a true "renaissance man" when it comes to the entertainment industry. Both can act exceptionally well, both have great voices, and much like Jamie Foxx, Donald Glover also used to do stand up comedy and actually had shows on Comedy Central as well waaaaaaaaaay before he got well established in rapping and singing. I've always looked up to Jamie Foxx and have been following his career since the 90's when he was putting out albums, doing stand up for Def Comedy Jam, and had his own sitcom. To see this moment is just absolutely amazing! And even though I don't support BET anymore, thank you for allowing this to happen. Ya just don't know how monumental some moments can be to one person while everyone else looks past it as if it's a common occurrence.

Wait a minute, this is my first time hearing his voice it's actually beautiful

Gambino gives me throwback 70s swag vibes. Lol

This is exactly one of the things the song talks about. The entertaiment industry distracting everybody from the real problems. Ironic that the song was almost taken like a joke here.

Big ups to Jamie Fox he always giving people they flowers.

Donald Glover, so talented and humble.

Greatness on that stage

LOL! What a delayed, forced, reluctant ovation!

This is the equivalent of the guest pastor calling you up to be on the day something and sing on the spot... be ye always ready

Jamie straight up made they snobby asses get up out they seats and honor that man's talent and contributions. Period.

His voice is so gorgeous 😭

Donald Glover is the shit!!!

Jamie loves this video. He acted in Unchained!

Well done Jamie! My daughter is 19 and brought me Childish Gambinos music years ago! We both thought he was amazing. This is America is an incredible work of art. Mr. Glover....more power to you! I’m Latino and I call out talent when I see it!

Donald Glover Lowkey looks like Marvin Gaye to me idk why 😭🤷🏽‍♀️

This Is America🇺🇸 is dope asf💯Childish definitely did his damn thing👏

Sorry Jamie you forgot "stand up comedian & comedy writer". I love that Jamie did this, it was such an important & impactful song. Donald deserved this moment *claps*

I have so much trust in Donald I ain’t even feel nervous when he’s on stage, I KNOW he’s gonna nail anything

Hell s*** I didn't know he had a voice like that bro

Donald has great presence! He is very lovable! I may not completely understood This America when it first showcased but this man this artist was beyond the physical realm and several spiritual realms, Donald G. Childish G. you killed it, last minute, sum bs, you were humble and your voice is very pleasant to the ear drum10 stars and beyond!

I find it hilarious that Donald’s face was damn near straight the whole time Jamie was giving his little speech

This was a beautiful moment. Jamie recognizing and being the change in the world.

This shit was actually pretty funny!😂😂

Childish looked pretty annoyed.....

Man wtf are ppl talking about Jamie is funny af!!

CHILDISH IS ONE OF THE MOST UNAPPRECIATED x UNDERRATED ARTIST OF OUR TIME.

Great job Jammie Fox. Sometimes we need a reality check

This crowd was soo dead the entire night 😒

Childish Gambino hopped outta bed turned his swag on

Shout out to everyone who was there way before “this is America” and “because of the internet”

was this whole show improv'd? Lmao.

Donald was like.....aw shit... When Jamie mentioned it.

4:15 -You look great! -Thank you.. Pyjamas Totally my hero hahaha

Y’all were making fun of him when he first came up, look him now. Legend.

dont understand why the media said jamie was awkward, seemed fine to me and entertaining, they dont get improv

Jamie Fox is a beautiful man.

Jamie outfit was 🔥🔥🔥

Actor, comedian, singer, rapper, writer, director, producer..... name it. This guy is just amazing! Megatalent!

wow, jaw dropping when he is singing. sooo good

Like, if you realized that this is Jamie Foxx(Oscar winning actor, Grammy winning singer, Comedian who had his own hit TV show plus more), “PASSING THE TORCH” to Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino! 🚀🚀🚀

Love when others give others their roses, like for real childish Gambino deserves them here and now cause he's really done a great job for the entertainment industry and for highlighting the injustices our country faces on a daily.

“He just rolled outta bed” lol