Childish Gambino has been selling ‘Cancel Cards’, which poke fun at high-profile artists including Drake, Diddy and R. Kelly.
The new merch was noticed over the weekend, when the artist (real name Donald Glover) performed at the Camp Glog Gnaw festival organised by Tyler, The Creator, which took place in Los Angeles.
At the festival, fans noticed that beyond the usual run of merch options, the artist and rapper was also selling a set of “Cancel Cards”, which took aim at Diddy, Drake, R. Kelly and more.
As highlighted by Complex, the reasons behind jabs at Diddy and R. Kelly are self-explanatory, given their legal issues in recent years. They show Kelly urinating into a field, and Diddy standing in front of rows of baby oil – a nod to his sexual misconduct trial. The Drake card also seems to be a continuation of the rumoured long-running tension between the Canadian rapper and the Atlanta star.
The card, which shows the ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker grooming a dog while a freshly-baked pie cools on the windowsill, appears to be poking fun at the grooming allegations put forward by Kendrick Lamar during his feud with Drake.
‘Cancel Cards’ featuring R.Kelly, Diddy, and Drake are being sold at Childish Gambino’s GILGA Stand at Camp Flog Gnaw.
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Complex also outlines how both Glover and Drake have made jabs at one another in recent years too, with Drake saying that the former’s huge single ‘This Is America’ was overrated, and Glover later revealing that the song was originally meant to be a diss track aimed at the Canadian rapper.
Glover has previously put rumours of any ongoing tension to one side and said that he doesn’t hold any negative feelings towards Drake; however, it was widely speculated that his 2024 song ‘Yoshinoya’ was actually a diss track aimed at the rapper (via HotNewHipHop).
Neither Childish Gambino nor Tyler, The Creator have spoken out about the ‘Cancel Cards’ being sold at Camp Flog Gnaw, and other details about what the cards include remain vague.
Earlier this week, Glover opened up about a series of severe health issues that forced him to cancel his tour last year, and said that he suffered a stroke while performing live in Louisiana.
He went on to describe more health issues, which required successive surgeries: “I broke my foot, they found a hole in my heart. So I had this surgery, and then I had to have another surgery.
“They say everybody has two lives, and the second life starts when you realise you have one. You should be living your life how you want. If we have to do this again, it can only get better.”
