BY ZO • DECEMBER 22 2018

“I’m not saying that to talk about music. I say that to talk about trust. That’s what love is.”
Earlier this week, Childish Gambino performed his final show on the This Is America tour.

At the Los Angeles closer, Gambino revealed that his father, Donald Glover Sr., had passed away “a couple weeks ago.” In a touching mid-show tribute, Gambino dedicated a few words to a somber remembrance of Glover Sr. as the band glided through the chords of “Riot,” a track that channels the Funkadelic fury of old records he heard in the home during his childhood.

“I wanted to play him some of the new songs, but he didn’t want to hear them, because he was like, ‘I know they’re going to be great,'” Gambino explained before launching into one of the cuts, a propulsive unreleased pop composition with all of the Top 40 trimmings. You can watch that below.

@donaldglover unreleased song #ChildishGambino #ThisIsAmerica #thisisamericatour pic.twitter.com/ToGHrAnApo

— Alexis Andrade (@Alexiz3005) December 15, 2018