@kadishmorris

poet, critic & columnist at @ObserverUK, reviews, interviews & essays published by @nytimes, @guardian, @ArtReview_, @friezeofficial, @FinancialTimes

 london via west yorkshire
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Joined June 2009
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Happy to finally share this MEGA news that has been making me cry sporadically for weeks: I have won an Eric Gregory Award. I‘m award-winning. After years of talking myself out of submitting. Imagine. See me in mi heels an ting Thank you to the @Soc_of_Authors and to the judges
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Lorna Simpson’s blue period The pioneering photographer was the first African American woman to have a solo exhibition at New York’s MoMa. She discusses her early encounters with racism and her iridescent new works ✍️ @KadishMorris bit.ly/4ythEA8

Lorna Simpson’s blue period | The Observer

The pioneering photographer was the first African American woman to have a solo exhibition at New York’s MoMa. She discusses her early encounters with racism, her iridescent new works and building an...

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The 76 year old Londoner fighting to save Britain's Black literature collection #Londonnews #Blackhistory
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Kadish retweeted
Namwali@namwalienAug 10
We've lost "woke," "politically correct," "identity politics," "intersectional," "diversity," and even "feminist." (It's pretty remarkable that "abolish" has survived; "abolish ICE" is a now an utterable and popular campaign promise!) But my point is: sloganeering won't save us.
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jack@jackhw_Jul 15
british people at the end of their texts
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why is there never an outbreak of something nice
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No London slander plz, it's a very special city! But, it's interesting that supporters of takes like this see the Black experience in London as synonymous with the Black experience in NY vs Brum/Leeds/Notts. You're searching for your doppelgänger when your sibling is right here
Esé@EseAllegraJun 1
You have to raise black kids in London man
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Low racial self esteem to say something is less valuable now that black people have access to it.
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Honestly, I so felt this, Anne Hathaway. No word works quite like inshallah when it comes to future hopes and fears.
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A white man using AI reggae samples (by prompting software made by techno-capitalists and trained using real reggae music) for a project called "Breakbeat Babylon". Who needs fiction! What do you think Babylon means? lol
nathan jay@nathanjayMar 27
Replying to @kadishmorris @thenerve_news
So its better to steal from an artist than borrow from an AI song? I wanted to make a rave ep sampling g Reggae tracks. I spent a day prompting g until i gif the sounds I like , then continued on the tracks as normal. No guilt, no legal fear, no licensing fees ovadoce.bandcamp.com/album/b…

Breakbeat Babylon, by Ova Doce

6 track album

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Just three weeks ago, I was praising hip-hop and sampling in my latest for @thenerve_news. To think that there are producers out there asking Suno to make them a "Sylvia Striplin" type loop or whatever...the end is nigh thenerve.news/p/kadish-morri…
Rolling Stone
@RollingStoneMar 26
Jay-Z’s longtime collaborator Young Guru says it’s common for hip-hop producers to make funk and soul samples with AI, rather than license original music or hire musicians: “They’re getting really good at prompting.” #RollingStoneFutureOfMusic Read: rollingstone.com/music/music…
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yesterday was blessed, puppies circled my feet, babies smiled and bounced as I passed them, the lady sat next to me on the bus said 'bye love' when she got off...this is what spring is made of
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For the @ObserverUK, I went to see Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with @munyachawawa and a group of school boys for his Black Boys Theatre Club. Then we went to Nando's to debrief. It was wonderful, wholesome, inspiring—from start to finish. Read it here: observer.co.uk/culture/theat…
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The BAFTA discourse is emblematic of every major socio-political issue of the past 10 years. It has it all. Accountability politics, post-woke fatigue, shame culture, empathy collapse, afropessimism, ableism, censorship, diaspora wars, the award show as a site of trauma, the BBC
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Wonder what happened to the genre of London creatives that didn’t actually create things but just aurafarmed did lots of drugs and knew all the popping artists
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learning how to sew is so liberating. 80% of the "special occasion" outfits i wore last year i made myself, highly recommend it
Lance@CashflowinLPFeb 2
The fake struggle is wack…. What’s the point of making millions of dollars then cosplaying a struggling entrepreneur …. Fly shit is hiring the right ppl with your resources to make dope shit…. This is a poor mindset
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I think about Meelah's vocals on this song so often. An impeccable performance
MOTHERS.
@francemothersJan 29
What version of “Take Away” do you enjoy more? The version with Tweet? or the version with Meela from 702?
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Starting 2026 off with some iconoclasm! I wrote about why statues are bad vibes grieze.substack.com/p/why-we…
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We at Trojan Records are deeply saddened by the passing of Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, one half of the legendary Sly & Robbie and one of the most influential drummers in reggae history. Thank you for all the amazing rhythms, Sly. Rest in Peace 🖤🥁
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we are watching people rewrite history in real time with AI… & too many people are constantly falling for it but think they’re too smart to be fooled by our government 🤧
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Sheesh.
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This image representing XXL Freshman Class of 96 is FAKE. XXL Freshman Class publications did not start until 2007. Links: xxlmag.com/every-xxl-fres… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXL_(maga…(skipping%202008,the%20cover%20of%20the%20magazine
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