Kadish

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

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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 @EseAllegra]

You have to raise black kids in London man

[l. anderson @Leomie_Anderson]

Low racial self esteem to say something is less valuable now that black people have access to it.

[Sabahat Zakariya @sabizak]

Honestly, I so felt this, Anne Hathaway. No word works quite like inshallah when it comes to future hopes and fears.

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

@nathanjay No. What's important is integrity. Using AI to generate a genre of music that is connected to Black liberation and Black consciousness just because you like the "vibe" of it is kinda grotesque. If race doesn't matter, why is there a Black man with dreads on the cover? lol

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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 @nathanjay]

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 https://t.co/lRHVEuVHR7

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

@nathanjay @thenerve_news lol

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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

https://t.co/5zJoJsSKH6

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

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: https://t.co/wvEYtRqsg0

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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:
https://t.co/03fbkNKX6A

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

@WittaMark305 I see that you don't know what afropessimism means

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

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

[gangan out now! 🇭🇹 @johnnyspliffs]

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

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

learning how to sew is so liberating. 80% of the "special occasion" outfits i wore last year i made myself, highly recommend it

[Lance @CashflowinLP]

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

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

I think about Meelah's vocals on this song so often. An impeccable performance

[NYC MOTHER. @francemothers]

What version of “Take Away” do you enjoy more? The version with Tweet? or the version with Meela from 702?

[Kadish @kadishmorris]

Starting 2026 off with some iconoclasm! I wrote about why statues are bad vibes https://t.co/W1ya4odkeS

[Trojan Records @trojanrecords]

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 🖤🥁

[oracle 𝟙𝟛🐺 @StormEllimac]

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 🤧

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

How it started…
How it’s going.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Also: my first ever reel! Big thanks to Stewart Lee & @Philippa_Perry for taking a chance on us. To @carolvorders for the solidarity. To cultural mavens @ellenejones444 & @kadishmorris To @johnsweeneyroar & @sheridanflynn & John Lubbock for the mad but brilliant films. To my fellow Nervesters for everything they’ve done & ESPECIALLY everyone who signed up. THANK YOU!!!