If you're trying to figure out who that talented young kid was performing alongside Childish Gambino at the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening, the answer is even more glorious than you think.
Gambino's alter ego Donald Glover stars in Disney's upcoming live-action reboot of The Lion King as Simba – and 10-year-old JD McCrary, who performed 'Terrified' with Gambino at the awards show, plays Young Simba.
This revelation emerged on Twitter after activist April Reign voiced the question we were all asking.
Per The LA Times, McCrary is also featured on the album version of 'Terrified', and he was only 9 when the original song was recorded.
The album on which the song appears, Awaken, My Love!, was up for Album of the Year this evening. 'Redbone', another track from the album, won for Best Traditional R&B Performance.
There are a lot of live-action Disney remakes on the way, but The Lion King is pretty clearly going to blow the rest of them out of the water on the basis of its cast alone. It includes Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, John Oliver as Zazu, a returning James Earl Jones as Mufasa, and literal Queen Bey as Nala.
The Lion King is due in cinemas on July 19, 2019.
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Emma Dibdin is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles who writes about culture, mental health, and true crime. She loves owls, hates cilantro, and can find the queer subtext in literally anything.
