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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Dele Fadele</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ayodele Fadele</div> (1962-08-08)8 August 1962 <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="Highbury" title="Highbury">Highbury</a>, London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 2018(2018-03-00) (aged 55) <div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">London, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Journalist</td></tr></tbody></table>

Ayodele Fadele (8 August 1962 – March 2018)<a href="#cite_note-tj-1">[1]</a> was an English musician and music journalist who was active from the mid-1980s.<a href="#cite_note-jr-2">[2]</a> He wrote for the <a href="NME" title="NME">NME</a> in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was one of the first music critics to introduce then emerging US rap artists such as <a href="Public_Enemy" title="Public Enemy">Public Enemy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> <a href="De_La_Soul" title="De La Soul">De La Soul</a> and <a href="A_Tribe_Called_Quest" title="A Tribe Called Quest">A Tribe Called Quest</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> to mainstream British music fans.<a href="#cite_note-tj-1">[1]</a>

Fadele had broad musical tastes, ranging from <a href="Hip-hop" title="Hip-hop">hip-hop</a> and <a href="Acid_house" title="Acid house">acid house</a> to <a href="Shoegazing" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoegazing">shoegazing</a>, <a href="Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">industrial</a> and <a href="Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> He wrote long pieces on artists including <a href="Nick_Cave" title="Nick Cave">Nick Cave</a>, <a href="New_Order_(band)" title="New Order (band)">New Order</a>, <a href="808_State" title="808 State">808 State</a>,<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <a href="Einst%C3%BCrzende_Neubauten" title="Einstürzende Neubauten">Einstürzende Neubauten</a>, <a href="Marianne_Faithfull" title="Marianne Faithfull">Marianne Faithfull</a> and <a href="Osibisa" title="Osibisa">Osibisa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-qt-7">[7]</a> He was gregarious and according to <a href="Andrew_Collins_(broadcaster)" title="Andrew Collins (broadcaster)">Andrew Collins</a> was always "absolutely impassioned" when he arrived at the NME office each morning <a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

He died in March 2018 from 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. <a href="Chuck_D" title="Chuck D">Chuck D</a> of <a href="Public_Enemy_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Enemy (band)">Public Enemy</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-jr-2">[2]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>

Ayodele Fadele was born in Highbury, London, on 8 August 1962 but raised in <a href="Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a>, Nigeria, where his father practiced as an architect. He had three brothers and two sisters. He later studied civil engineering at <a href="Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> in New York.<a href="#cite_note-tj-1">[1]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>

In the 1990s, Fadele was a member of the electronic band Welfare Heroin.<a href="#cite_note-qt-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-nr-9">[9]</a> Fadele was always outspoken; <a href="Courtney_Love" title="Courtney Love">Courtney Love</a> described his damning review of <a href="Hole_(band)" title="Hole (band)">Hole</a>'s 1991 gig at the <a href="Camden_Underworld" title="Camden Underworld">Camden Underworld</a> as "the worst" review she had ever received.<a href="#cite_note-tj-1">[1]</a> In the article, Fadele described hearing the band as akin to "suddenly [feeling] a dark cloud descends and you're enveloped by gloom". He continued "Hole['s]...ability to depress in the name of entertainment is unrivalled."<a href="#cite_note-nr-9">[9]</a>

In 1992, Fadele was the first critic to allege that <a href="Morrissey" title="Morrissey">Morrissey</a> was adopting the imagery of <a href="Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing politics</a> and anti-immigration attitudes, when he said the singer was "fanning the flames of race-hate".<a href="#cite_note-rh-10">[10]</a> In the article, Fadele asked: "So, could the same writer harbour such seemingly ignorant thoughts as England for the English (his inverted commas) considering his beloved England's past colonial adventures?"<a href="#cite_note-rh-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a>

Neither Fadele nor NME were apparently ever forgiven by Morrissey – according to The Guardian, "When ... the paper's sole black writer Dele Fadele persuaded NME's editors to publish a critical cover story about it, Morrissey refused to speak to the magazine for 12 years."<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

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Fadele died after a short illness with <a href="Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a> in March 2018.<a href="#cite_note-tj-1">[1]</a> He had been out of contact with fellow music journalists for a number of years, and his death was only noticed by the UK press in August 2020 when it was reported that he had died two years earlier. Former <a href="Melody_Maker" title="Melody Maker">Melody Maker</a> writer <a href="Simon_Price" title="Simon Price">Simon Price</a> was one of the first to hear, and on 21 August 2020 tweeted, "Word has been slowly breaking that Dele Fadele, the legendary NME writer, passed away two years ago."<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The news was met with widespread tributes and professional accolades.

Writing for <a href="The_Quietus" title="The Quietus">The Quietus</a> in an article published that day, John Doran said that Fadele was "one of those gloriously larger than life figures who instantaneously makes you realise that it is sometimes the music writers and photographers who live much wilder lives than the media-managed stars they document."<a href="#cite_note-qt-7">[7]</a> Musician and writer <a href="John_Robb_(musician)" title="John Robb (musician)">John Robb</a> wrote how Fadele's "deep love of music was hypnotic ... we would spend hours talking about noise rock, hip hop and afrobeat – he was incredibly clued up on a myriad of musical styles and was a completely switched on and inspiring presence."<a href="#cite_note-jr-2">[2]</a>

Fellow NME journalist <a href="David_Quantick" title="David Quantick">David Quantick</a> said that he "Learned last night that Dele Fadele had died, some time ago. He was a brilliant friend, a lovely man and a fantastic writer. And he sneaked into a lot of record collections with Welfare Heroine's [<a href="Sic" title="Sic">sic</a>] cover of 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely'."<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFJonze2020" class="citation web cs1">Jonze, Tim (14 September 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/14/dele-fadele-remembered-nme">"'He was a groundbreaker and a visionary': music writer Dele Fadele remembered"</a>. <a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>. Retrieved 17 January 2021.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-jr-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jr_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-jr_2-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-jr_2-2">c</a> <cite id="CITEREFRobb2020" class="citation web cs1"><a href="John_Robb_(musician)" title="John Robb (musician)">Robb, John</a> (20 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://louderthanwar.com/dele-fadele-music-journalist/">"Dele Fadele – music journalist legend RIP"</a>. <a href="Louder_Than_War_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Louder Than War (website)">Louder Than War</a>. Retrieved 17 January 2021.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFFadele1987" class="citation web cs1">Fadele, Dele (16 May 1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/public-enemy-the-enemy-without">"Public Enemy: The Enemy Without"</a>. <a href="NME" title="NME">NME</a>.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFFadele1990" class="citation web cs1">Fadele, Dele (15 December 1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/a-tribe-called-quest-why-are-you-being-so-treasonable-now">"A Tribe Called Quest: Why Are You Being So Treasonable Now?"</a>. NME.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/dele-fadele">"Dele Fadele"</a>. <a href="Rock's_Backpages" title="Rock's Backpages">Rock's Backpages</a>. Retrieved 17 January 2021.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFFadele1993" class="citation web cs1">Fadele, Dele (6 March 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/808-state-town-and-country-club-london">"808 State: Town and Country Club, London"</a>. <a href="NME" title="NME">NME</a>.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-qt-7">^ <a href="#cite_ref-qt_7-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-qt_7-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-qt_7-2">c</a> <cite id="CITEREFDoran2020" class="citation web cs1">Doran, John (21 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thequietus.com/articles/28808-dele-fadele-rip">"Music Journalist Dele Fadele Has Died"</a>. <a href="The_Quietus" title="The Quietus">The Quietus</a>. Retrieved 17 January 2021.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFLong2012" class="citation book cs1">Long, Pat (2012). The History of the NME: High times and low lives at the world's most famous music magazine. Portico. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1907554483</bdi>.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-nr-9">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nr_9-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-nr_9-1">b</a> <cite id="CITEREFReilly2020" class="citation web cs1">Reilly, Nick (21 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/tributes-paid-following-the-death-of-legendary-nme-writer-dele-fadele-2734394">"Tributes paid following the death of legendary NME writer Dele Fadele"</a>. <a href="NME" title="NME">NME</a>. Retrieved 17 January 2021.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-rh-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rh_10-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-rh_10-1">b</a> <cite id="CITEREFFadele1992" class="citation web cs1">Fadele, Dele (22 August 1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/morrissey-caucasian-rut">"Morrissey: Caucasian Rut"</a>. NME.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFStubbs2019" class="citation web cs1"><a href="David_Stubbs" title="David Stubbs">Stubbs, David</a> (4 July 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thequietus.com/articles/26748-morrissey-racism-fans-idiots">"Why It's Time To Ditch Your Morrissey-Loving Friend"</a>. The Quietus. Retrieved 17 January 2020.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFJonze2019" class="citation web cs1">Jonze, Tim (30 May 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/30/bigmouth-strikes-again-morrissey-songs-loneliness-shyness-misfits-far-right-party-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon">"Bigmouth strikes again and again: why Morrissey fans feel so betrayed"</a>. The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2020.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFThomas-Mason2020" class="citation web cs1">Thomas-Mason, Lee (17 May 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cornershop-set-fire-morrissey-posters-racism/">"Remembering when Cornershop set fire to Morrissey posters, 1992"</a>. Far Out. Retrieved 17 January 2020.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFPrice2020" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Simon_Price" title="Simon Price">Price, Simon [@simon_price01]</a> (21 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/simon_price01/status/1296743525514608640">"Word has been slowly breaking that Dele Fadele, the legendary NME writer, passed away two years ago. He was one of a few NME writers with whom I felt a kindred connection despite the rivalry. He always ripped the piss out of me, but affectionately, I thought. (1/4)"</a> (<a href="Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite>

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<li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <cite id="CITEREFQuantick2020" class="citation web cs1"><a href="David_Quantick" title="David Quantick">Quantick, David [@quantick]</a> (21 August 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/quantick/status/1296705960178782208">"Learned last night that Dele Fadele had died, some time ago. He was a brilliant friend, a lovely man and a fantastic writer. And he sneaked into a lot of record collections with Welfare Heroine's cover of Where Do You Go To My Lovely. I miss you, Dele"</a> (<a href="Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thequietus.com/users/17321">Dele Fadele article archive</a> at <a href="The_Quietus" title="The Quietus">The Quietus</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/dele-fadele">Dele Fadele article archive</a> at <a href="Rock's_Backpages" title="Rock's Backpages">Rock's Backpages</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/2132617">Dele Fadele</a> discography at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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