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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

2 years

COMO VOCÊ out now via WePresent @WeTransfer

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

6 years

one of the best to do it. @AdamaJalloh_ shot the #blackpanther cast for @i_D

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"Jay-Z talks about finally growing up at 47, while his child bride had to grow up when he started eyeing her at 16"

The 4:44 Effect

Jay-Z, The Footnotes, and Performative Vulnerability

mrbenibo.medium.com

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black writers in britain getting their foot in the door

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i don’t think people remember how impactful 50’s in da club was. just saying stuff now lol

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4 years

i know it’s well meaning to share the video of the somali girl at the protest but the man who threw thr canister in 2014 which then became an iconic shot is now dead, please be mindful.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

6 years

“This is the film of dreams and I never knew I could dream like that,” - Daniel Kaluuya. The man of the moment and I shared a long conversation for @trenchmag 📸: @hyperfrank

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

i got bottled in a wetherspoons at 19 and got called a nigger, if you say so.

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jesse bernard

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7 years

yesjulz at the nba awards

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

one of the few occasions i’d advocate ghosting is if i found out she’s a tory. i’ll even fake my own death.

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@jesseb_cmv

5 years

20 minutes. Next sale boxing day 2008. As soon as I saw the queue outside, I left straight away without saying a word. Wasn’t gonna do that to myself.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

1 year

@DragonflyJonez you guys still think Soul II Soul are American so we’ll call that a draw

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

"Demonstrating black excellence is essential in deconstruction of white supremacy...." I promise you, it isn't.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

6 years

avengers infinity war (2018)

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jesse bernard

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7 years

Wrote about funk, jazz and what it looks like across the African diaspora today for @NoiseyMusic

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

im fucking dead adidas and nike said, let’s give em something they never expected to show we truly care: unity

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

Ty, the architect of UK hip-hop. Some words on an artist who moved to his own beat.

Ty: a dextrous artist who wove threads of UK rap culture together

Ty, who has died aged 47 of coronavirus, was a sharp and witty MC who ably nourished the UK hip-hop scene despite being ignored by the media

www.theguardian.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

the maxine waters thing is a reminder that white men treat physical space as it's theirs and not acting accordingly is 'violence' lol

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@HeadieOne scenes

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jesse bernard

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3 years

@Mikey_Abegunde @jaimejarvis we need to collectively rush enid blyton’s grave

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

until you can confidently take a sick day for your mental health, the conversation isn't anywhere near where it needs to be.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

heading to the first #blackpanther showing like

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

Spot The Sample has a new home on @theresnosignall . Tonight @ 5pm GMT ⚡️

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

at uni of bristol tomorrow delivering a lecture on black music and censorship, with a focus on drill. will share the presentation afterwards cos free up the tings.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

3 years

lupin’s lips are getting ashier with each episode

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jesse bernard

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6 years

one taught me love. one taught me patience. one taught me pain.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

3 years

Some exciting news: My debut book ‘Escaping Babylon’ will be coming out in 2023 via @ProfileBooks - An exploration of Black music in Britain across a thirty-year period using personal and collective memory to guide the process and narrative. Can’t wait to share this w/ everyone

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

3 years

. @ProfileBooks scoops @MarvinsCorridor 's Escaping Babylon, which "promises not only to be a long-awaited narration of the story of Black British music but also to tell the story of Black British culture through the prism of music":

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

twitter locked me up for 12 hours for calling someone from cyclist twitter a [redacted] because he said cycling in london was a form of oppression on par with racism, homophobia and misogyny. but here i am

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

life hacks for the mandem 👇🏾

Lisan al Gaib

@thekingzway

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I don't start getting dressed til I see my girl spray her face with the shit that make the makeup stay on til you see that have a seat bro

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

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Over the past month I’ve been speaking to the innovators of the UK dancehall scene of the past forty years. Charting the homegrown artists of the 80s, jungle & garage in the 90s through to present day for @RedBullUK

UK dancehall: an oral history

The Ragga Twins, Tippa Irie, Top Cat, Sticky, Stush and more trace the winding path of British dancehall – from humble sound system beginnings to its current place at the heart of mainstream UK pop.

www.redbull.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

Last summer, I spoke to Nipsey and he was a man who sounded as though he’d found peace and a calling through community-based work. Victory Lap shouldn’t be the end of the story, as it was just the beginning but he left a legacy. Rest in peace, king.

After A Decade of Grinding, 2018 Was Nipsey Hussle’s 'Victory Lap'

No one is scoffing at the idea that Nipsey Hussle's 'Victory Lap' is one of the best albums of 2018. Nipsey sat down with us and broke down his breakout LP.

www.okayplayer.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

incel: the movie

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

it’s called the catholic church

Mr Ry_

@iam_ryanmattos

5 years

Do you reckon there are NON black churches doing what spac are doing?

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

2 years

. @vulgosd9 x @dropetbc 🇧🇷 ⚔️ 🇬🇧

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

from small small o2 islington to glastonbury in five years, Stormzy’s collecting rings like Sonic

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

2 years

Went to Barbados on a last minute ting, saw Burna Boy headline the soca festival Tipsy and interviewed him hungover the next day for @dazed ’s autumn cover

Dazed

@Dazed

2 years

“My music will be here long after I’m gone, even after my children’s children’s children. It’s a stamp in time for those who have a reality like mine” – @burnaboy For our #AgeOfImagination issue, #Burnaboy swaps politics for peace.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

black school kids in the uk leading the revolution monday to friday from 3-4pm

Tre'vell Anderson

@TrevellAnderson

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Black people eating fried chicken in public is a revolutionary act.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

3 years

i felt the racismo in that pullback

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

My latest for the @guardian on the lack of suburban and rural voices in conversations about Black Britishness

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

now that i’m 30, i need to hit one them over 30s raves advertised on roundabouts and dual carriageways

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

I spoke to Slick Rick about him being an outsider from the suburbs of London to eventually becoming one of the bricklayers for layered storytelling in rap that would influence the likes of Snoop Dogg and many others. My latest column for @trenchmag

T R E N C H

@trenchmag

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Slick Rick, the Mitcham rap legend, is still deeply in love with hip-hop 🎤 🔗

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

lest we forget, j cole has a white mum and she jumped out

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

@MansaCam everything you wrote lacked any real examination and you sounded like every other fuck nigga on here tbh

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

3 years

Since 2016, New York has been a home away from home for me but the mythos of food in rap is what has continues to draw me back. From dollar slices to steamed tilapia from Fulton Street, I followed the breadcrumbs left in timeless raps for @vittleslondon

The Mythos of Food in New York Rap

Words by Jesse Bernard; Illustration by Israel Kujore

www.vittlesmagazine.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

so will editors stop changing the ‘B’ to a lowercase ‘b’ when we write Black in the first draft? is that listening to us?

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

devil works hard but kaylum dennis works harder

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

Worked on this doc with @tej_adeleye exploring the tensions between grime and gospel as well as the exploitative nature of prosperity doctrine. Airs today at 11:30am

BBC Radio 4 - Art of Now, The Gospel of Grime

From gospel to grime, Jesse Bernard explores the role music plays in black churches.

www.bbc.co.uk

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

they aren’t R&B and this tweet just reveals the racialised politics of ‘alternative R&B,’ raising questions as who gets to be called that

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

i’m an advocate for racists getting rushed, doesn’t happen enough imo

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@DramahUK what’s there to understand? beg you delete yourself from the scene and find a new career where there aren’t black ppl

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jesse bernard

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7 years

walking down the street as a minority often means making way for white men because a lot of the time they won't make way or budge an inch

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

6 years

dropping this interview soon 👀 @trenchmag

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@MansaCam im sorry bro but this is dense

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jesse bernard

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6 years

kanye: you know what’ll slap? a tabloid pic of whitney’s bathroom as your album cover pusha:

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

they’re taking a stand cos it sells.....we can’t still be peddling this rhetoric surely?

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

6 years

“killmonger wasn’t a saviour, he was chris brown with military training”

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

there are other words besides Black to describe people who aren’t Black.

Gary Younge

@garyyounge

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The outrageous treatment of @BBCNaga exemplifies a media that wants Black faces but not black experiences. That ultimately fails both as an effort in diversity - they want to look different and act that same - and journalism - she's been reprimanded for telling the truth. Shame.

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

ice cube came to collect

Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher

@tommyxtopher

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Oh yeah, Ice Cube gave @billmaher the talk he needed to hear

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

my fellow black freelancers, don’t feel like you have to accept any commissions about this Stormzy furore. the autopsy on this conversation has been done endless times and more time, you’ll just be doing this

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4 years

@munchclubtv

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i will wear your fenty makeup everyday and take it off after ten minutes

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4 years

man step in the rave like

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jesse bernard

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Sanctuaries hidden in plain sight. My latest essay on black barbershops for @ShortList

Sanctuaries hidden in plain sight: The cultural significance of black barbershops

Rio. November 2016. I’ve only been in Rio two days, and it’s an annoyingly drizzly night, a stark contrast from the almost unbearable heat on a trip earlier...

www.shortlist.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

lol pundits getting pissy over a tea celebration but couldn’t back eni aluko, this stuff writes itself

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

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People were calling Victory Lap ‘best rap album’ before it got a Grammy nomination. Even in summer, when I spoke to him, no one was assured of its success quite like @NipseyHussle . Here’s my latest for @okayplayer

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jesse bernard

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6 years

hermes is trash, courier who came was an aunty and all she did was get onto me for taking my delivery with my left hand smh

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jesse bernard

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4 years

New Popcaan sounds even sweeter when you’ve just been awarded a grant by @Soc_of_Authors to further research on Black music in Britain. Pretty gassed about this as I can do this work with the care and love it deserves #SoAGrants

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6 years

when i put plantain in my lamb burger with caramelised onions, it felt like i had unlocked a hidden level to my tastebuds

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

1 year

good music transcends language barriers.

flymina

@withloveaminax

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I’m genuinely intrigued to know how non-Yoruba speaking fans can connect with an artist whose lyrics are 70% Yoruba. Is it the beat or?

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

“what will the whites think if we keep producing shows like top boy”

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4 years

Manga Saint Hilare, grime's overlooked MC

'One of my singles made £3.58': Manga Saint Hilare, grime's overlooked MC

He felt lost and outclassed in the chart-topping Roll Deep crew alongside Wiley. But now the Londoner is making grime’s most honest, soul-searching tracks

www.theguardian.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

dunno why but i really hate people being in the kitchen with me when i cook. that's my me time and i think i get that from my grandma lol

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

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Last Last for real. Signing out of music journalism with a Burna Boy cover for Dazed is the icing on the cake of a near-decade long career. Thanks for coming along for the ride ✌🏿

Feel the Burna: can the real African Giant please stand up?

On his latest album Love, Damini, Burna Boy swaps politics for peace – and on the morning after a seismic show in Barbados, he demonstrates his power to bring continents closer together is stronger...

www.dazeddigital.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

6 years

anyone who says ‘the black man’ is a fed

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

4 years

there’s a woman singing anita baker’s sweet love in the park while swinging some nunchucks. i think i’ve found the way i wanna depart this life when the time comes

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

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Hire more Black writers, yes but more importantly, hire writers who are deeply entrenched and culturally fluent in the practices, norms and rituals of a scene - especially those that exist in the margins. My latest column for @trenchmag

There’s A Problem With Music Journalism That Needs To Be Addressed

A level of care, research and understanding of cultural norms and traditions is required when writing about subcultures.

trenchtrenchtrench.com

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

the dark side to this chicken shop campaign is that they may increasingly become targets for police to harass young black people. identifying where we congregate was the first step, communicating that to the public was the second.

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3 years

@DerekVsOwusu how are you two years older than me but ten years older than me at the same time

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4 years

please bear in mind the coronavirus act when protesting, last month already saw the largest amount of stop and searches in ldn since april 2018 and police have been abusing those powers

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

7 years

dissing poor people yesterday but acknowledging their lack of access to mental health services today?

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jesse bernard

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7 years

updated my site. hmu for commissions, copywriting, editing and artist bios

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

5 years

british media loves to rinse a parody moment to death and then turn the parody into a parody of itself. knowing all the words to a verse isn’t deserving of a tv appearance and re-enactment, jesus.

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jesse bernard

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3 years

Dec 18 in NY, 1997. DMX, Big Pun, Mic Geronimo, Mos Def & Canibus in conversation

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Killmonger would 100% resurrect Dr. Sebi if he got his hands on the infinity stones

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jesse bernard

@jesseb_cmv

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ikea ad was great but calling it a landmark moment for grime culture is pushing it a bit. what does that say about all the work that’s been done up until this point? and is that the destination we’re trying to get to?

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3 years

Bristol, long live DOOM @SENSEIAPEX

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Home is where outstretched arms lay in wait. At home, where the dance begins. For @WeTransfer , I mused on how sacred the living room, kitchen or bedroom can be for those formative years finding your musical identity

WePresent | How the music we hear growing up affects us as adults

You probably remember the music your parents used to play in the car. Here’s how the musical education we have growing up at home can shape our entire lives

wepresent.wetransfer.com

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There’s a link between increasing far-right nationalism and police surveillance of black-led rap scenes across the world. My latest for @CrackMagazine explores how this has manifested in baile funk where in Brazil, it’s been classified as proibidão

Crack Magazine

@CrackMagazine

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As baile funk grows in popularity across the world, its creators face hostility and police violence at home

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6 years

at least for now. i just want every uk rapper to stop mentioning they have a dark ting, a white ting and a light ting. it’s fucking boring

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7 years

picking up our kitten tomorrow and it has no idea of the important role its gonna play in finally getting my insta followers up

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@shharine

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Once upon a time, MySpace was the destination for music discovery but it was also a conduit for early grime culture. My latest column for @trenchmag

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jesse bernard

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4 years

Urge people to contact @StopWatchUK and @YStopUK if they’ve witnessed or experienced overpolicing. Or download the Y-Stop app which allows you to record encounters and make a formal complain, particularly important if you are a bystander.

StopWatch UK

@StopWatchUK

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Being stopped by the #police 👮‍♀️ is not always a pleasant experience. If you have been a witness to or experienced unpleasant policing behaviour please contact @StopWatchUK

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there are more interesting things in this world than kanye

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@tsnmknd it was the bootcuts and sleeveless shirt for me. even for the early 2000s that was obscene

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wrote about #JusticeforEdson and the forms of state-approved violence we've seen over the past couple of weeks

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Spent a few hours with Dizzee Rascal as he returned to Bow, which ended up being a reunion in many different ways but also an enriching experience. Shots by @CBethell_photo

Dizzee Rascal Returns Home

Twenty years after making his name as a young MC in east London, the now MBE artist returns to where it all began on seventh album 'E3 AF'.

www.vice.com

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hiring a poc writer to write about aspects of blackness isn't ticking the boxes you think you're ticking. try again.

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Dany' character development is woeful but Sansa rightfully stuck it on her, bc for seven seasons, she's been a repetitive gas merchant

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In my latest and first piece for @DJBooth , I spoke with @NoMalice757 formerly of The Clipse, to speak about his faith and how that has informed his decisions in life and music since leaving the group nearly a decade ago

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