Atlanta Donald Glover hired Stephen, his younger brother, to co-write for
Atlanta, despite Stephen having no prior professional experience in writing for television. He did this to satisfy his desire to have an all-black writing team for the show (something that
Vulture noted is completely new for the industry), made up mostly of
Atlanta citizens, to achieve an accurate portrayal. Publications such as
GQ and
The Daily Beast have noted that as the lead writer for four episodes in
Atlantas first season, Glover's personal experience and his first-hand perspective on black culture in the city of Atlanta is evident within the show's writing, and they have praised this creative approach as being new and fresh for television. Glover's musical background has also played a substantial role in the creation of one of
Atlanta main characters played by
Brian Tyree Henry, aspiring rapper Alfred Miles who assumes the rap alias of Paper Boi. In an interview with
The Fader, Glover discusses how in the event that Henry could not rap well, the writing staff did not want to force him to rap as his character, and so Glover's brother requested that he instead provide the rapped vocals for the character's song "Paper Boi" that is featured throughout the pilot episode. The instrumental of the song was a beat inspired by Atlanta
trap rap production that was made by music producer Chemist, whom Glover considers his go-to producer for his own music outside of
Atlanta. Glover's writing has also provoked minor controversy. The fifth episode of
Atlanta, "Nobody Beats the Biebs", for which Glover was the lead writer, features a fictional depiction of the
pop star
Justin Bieber being portrayed in an exaggerated and negative light, by a black actor,
Austin Crute, rather than a white actor. Writing for
Slate, journalist Aisha Harris accused Glover of being "coy" while explaining his reasoning for this creative decision in an interview with
Vulture,
Music GQ describes Glover's music as being more influenced by the grittier and harder elements of
Atlanta trap music in comparison to his brother's
R&B and
indie-inspired work in
hip hop under the alias Childish Gambino. In the same GQ interview, fellow
Atlanta writer Swank jokingly said that Glover's mother does not understand why his music differs so drastically from that of his brother's. ==Discography==