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Ayodele Fadele (8 August 1962 – March 2018) was an English musician and music journalist who was active from the mid-1980s. He wrote for the NME in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was one of the first music critics to introduce then emerging US rap artists such as Public Enemy, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest to mainstream British music fans.

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  • Ayodele Fadele (8 August 1962 – March 2018) was an English musician and music journalist who was active from the mid-1980s. He wrote for the NME in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was one of the first music critics to introduce then emerging US rap artists such as Public Enemy, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest to mainstream British music fans. Fadele had broad musical tastes, ranging from hip-hop and acid house to shoegazing, industrial and grunge. He wrote long pieces on artists including Nick Cave, New Order, 808 State, Einstürzende Neubauten, Marianne Faithfull and Osibisa. He was gregarious and according to Andrew Collins was always "absolutely impassioned" when he arrived at the NME office each morning He died in March 2018 after a battle with stomach cancer. His death was not known to his former music industry colleagues until August 2020. Many of them wrote shocked but highly appreciative obituaries in the following days. Most notably, Chuck D of Public Enemy said that Fadele was the "first black journalist from the UK that ever interviewed me", and that he "thought that was amazing. And it was for our first important spread in the UK music press too." (en)
  • Ayodele Fadele (8 de agosto de 1962-marzo de 2018)​ fue un músico y periodista musical inglés que estuvo activo desde mediados de la década de 1980.​ Escribió para la NME a fines de la década de 1980 y principios de la de 1990, y fue uno de los primeros críticos musicales en presentar a los artistas de rap estadounidenses emergentes, como Public Enemy,​ De La Soul y A Tribe Called Quest,​ a la corriente principal de aficionados a la música británicos.​ Fadele tenía amplios gustos musicales, que iban desde hip hop y acid house hasta shoegazing, industrial y grunge.​ Escribió piezas extensas sobre artistas como Nick Cave, New Order, ,​ Einstürzende Neubauten, Marianne Faithfull y Osibisa.​ Era sociable y, según Andrew Collins, siempre estaba «absolutamente apasionado» cuando llegaba a la oficina de NME cada mañana.​ Murió en marzo de 2018 tras sufrir de cáncer. Sus antiguos colegas de la industria musical no supieron de su muerte hasta agosto de 2020. Muchos de ellos escribieron obituarios conmocionados pero muy agradecidos en los días siguientes. Chuck D, de Public Enemy, dijo que Fadele fue «el primer periodista negro del Reino Unido que me entrevistó», y que «pensó que era increíble. Y también fue para nuestra primera difusión importante en la prensa musical del Reino Unido».​ (es)
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  • Ayodele Fadele (8 August 1962 – March 2018) was an English musician and music journalist who was active from the mid-1980s. He wrote for the NME in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was one of the first music critics to introduce then emerging US rap artists such as Public Enemy, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest to mainstream British music fans. (en)
  • Ayodele Fadele (8 de agosto de 1962-marzo de 2018)​ fue un músico y periodista musical inglés que estuvo activo desde mediados de la década de 1980.​ Escribió para la NME a fines de la década de 1980 y principios de la de 1990, y fue uno de los primeros críticos musicales en presentar a los artistas de rap estadounidenses emergentes, como Public Enemy,​ De La Soul y A Tribe Called Quest,​ a la corriente principal de aficionados a la música británicos.​ (es)
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