Childish Gambino accused of mistreating ‘Awaken, My Love!’ cover team

nme.com:

Childish Gambino has been accused of mistreatment by the people who worked on the artwork for his album ‘Awaken, My Love!’, including the woman who appeared on the cover.Giannina Antonette Oteto appeared on the cover of Gambino’s 2016 album wearing a beaded headdress and she alleged in a statement posted to Facebook that she and the stylist and makeup artist who worked on it were “[taken] advantage of and lied to”, especially in the way of pay.“Being able to hold an album that I’m on the cover of,” Oteto wrote alongside a picture of her holding a vinyl pressing of Childish Gambino’s album, which appears to have since been deleted. “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!“Update: I resented it because myself, the makeup artist, and stylist (all black women) were [taken] advantage of and lied to.Model Giannina Antonette Oteto from Childish Gambino’s “Awaken, My Love!” album cover says he took advantage of her:“myself, the makeup artist, and stylist (all black women) were [taken] advantage of and lied to.

We received low pay but were promised residuals but never… pic.twitter.com/rIljdoy8RZ— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 27, 2023“We received low pay. [They] promised residuals.