Childish Gambino Album Model (Giannina Antonette Oteto) and Team Blast Rapper/Actor for ‘Years of Lies’

*Broken promises and emotional damage lie at the heart of the conflict between rapper/actor Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and the Kenyan model featured on the cover of his third studio album, “Awaken, My Love!”

The Jasmine Brand reports that Giannina Antonette Oteto recently called out Gambino for “years of lies.”

The model’s face was featured on the cover photo for “Awaken, My Love!” The album, released Dec. 2, 2016, features the hit single “Redbone,” which won Gambino a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.

Despite a number five debut on the US Billboard 200 chart, positive reviews from critics, and nominations for Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Urban Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards, “Awaken, My Love”’s success has been seemingly overshadowed by Oteto’s issues with Gambino. In a post shared online, Oteto alleges she was underpaid for her work on the album cover picture. In addition, Oteto claims she and the team of Black women who helped make the cover popular were taken advantage of and lied to by the “This is America” entertainer, as they were promised residuals. At this time, the women have yet to receive residuals, The Jasmine Brand noted

The site further mentioned that Laura Wass, “a white woman who created the headpiece even though she was not on set” was the only person given residuals.

“Being able to hold an album that I’m on the cover of. And having my bestie mom next to me to celebrate! My number 1 cheerleader! This album has been so hard for me to celebrate for many reasons, and for years I resented it even. It put me through a lot but finally being able to celebrate it means a lot!” Oteto wrote in her post, explaining why it is hard for her to celebrate the success of “Awaken, My Love!”

“I resented it because myself, the makeup artist, and stylist (all black women) were taking advantage of and lied to. We were received low pay but were promised residuals but never received anything. The only person who received residuals was a white woman who created the headpiece even though she was not on set to work on this (but she also deserves it).”

Oteto goes on to claim Gambino and his team have been giving her the runaround, in what she described as “an exhausting, emotional, and overall sad thing to deal with,”

“After years of lies and silence then finding out statute of limitation complications… its been an exhausting, emotional, and overall sad thing to deal with, she posted. “So it took so much from me especially the fact that we all worked on it with so much love and being proud to represent black artists. All of my lawyers communications have been ignored by the artist and his team.”

As it stands now, Gambino has yet to address Oteto’s claims.

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