My name is Israel Daramola. I’m a writer, frequently working out of Atlanta and NYC. I write about music, film, and television for various sites like GQ, The Ringer, Buzzfeed, Pitchfork, Genius, Defector, Spin and more. I’m currently freelancing, writing cultural criticism, a work of fiction, and movie/ TV scripts. If this doesn’t work out, I will commit full-time to my rap career. You can follow me on tumblr here, on twitter here and to a bar anytime else. You can subscribe to my newsletter here.
Please direct all questions to: iodaramola@gmail.com
links to previous work:
https://www.theringer.com/authors/israel-daramola
https://defector.com/author/israel-daramola/
https://www.billboard.com/author/israel-daramola/
On Kendrick Lamar’s latest album: https://www.thedailybeast.com/kendrick-lamars-mr-morale-and-the-big-steppers-raps-pulitzer-winning-poet-has-never-sounded-so-uneasy?ref=author
On Twin Peaks and Laura Palmer’s tragic hero tale: http://www.passionweiss.com/2017/09/18/twin-peaks-the-return/
On Jay-Z and the rules to becoming a man: http://www.passionweiss.com/2017/07/11/jay-z-444-beyonce/
Reviews for Genius: https://genius.com/artists/Israel-daramola
On the Curry family and “good” black people: https://www.buzzfeed.com/idaramola/how-steph-and-ayesha-curry-became-the-good-black-family?utm_term=.fb2JMK0zv#.db85L8pzB
On Frank Ocean: http://www.passionweiss.com/2016/09/20/nostalgia-undone-on-frank-ocean-and-waiting-for-more/
On Chance the Rapper and black joy: http://www.thefader.com/2016/05/17/chance-the-rapper-coloring-book-black-joy?utm_source=f&utm_medium=tw&utm_campaign=share
On being Nigerian and Southern: https://www.buzzfeed.com/idaramola/fried-gator-and-jollof-rice?utm_term=.tk7R4P5p0#.ikEWNgq64
Comedy sketches written by me:
Music Reviews: http://pitchfork.com/staff/israel-daramola/
Essays and reviews: http://www.spin.com/author/israel-daramola/
A web series I co-wrote with some friends: http://www.quartercenturyws.com/
On becoming a Lupe fan again: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/i-actually-like-the-new-lupe-fiasco-album
On sickle cell and the prospect of dying: http://sevenscribes.com/crisis-how-sickle-cell-made-me-confront-my-mortality/
Israel Daramola 
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