Jamali Maddix
Jamali Maddix (born 15 April 1991)[1] is an English stand-up comedian.[2]
Maddix is notable for winning the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year award in 2014[3] and hosting a documentary series on extremism titled Hate Thy Neighbor[4] in partnership with Vice in 2016.
He also appears as a regular on the reboot of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Hate Thy Neighbor[edit]
Hate Thy Neighbor is a Viceland series in which Maddix interviews extremists from around the world to understand how they think.[5] In the documentary, Maddix goes on tour and interviews members of hate groups such as NSM, Azov, Nordic Youth, Black Hebrew Israelites and the EDL.
Taskmaster[edit]
Maddix appeared on series 11 of Taskmaster, which was broadcast in 2021 from April to May.[6] He came in fourth place.
Personal life[edit]
Maddix's father is Jamaican and his mother's father is Greek, although for many years he had believed him to be Italian. In an episode of Big Zuu's Big Eats recorded 12 December 2019, he said "My dad is Jamaican, my mum didn't know her pops and she always told me he was Italian, for some reason. I don't know, she said he's Italian, that's all she'll say, 'Ah, he's Italian.' And I remember, I was talking to mum one day and she goes, 'Ah no, he was Greek.' So, now I'm a quarter Greek, but I never knew I was a quarter Greek until now and, you know, all right."[7] Jamali was born in Ilford, East London and still lives there as of 2015.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jamali Maddix X on Instagram". Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
- ^ Tim Lewis, Jamali Maddix: I saw Bill Hicks and thought, there’s someone like me The Observer 27 November 2016
- ^ "Review: Chortle Student Comedy Award final". www.chortle.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Jamali Maddix: Hate Thy Neighbour — TV review by Steve Bennett". 23 November 2016.
- ^ Logan, Brian (2 March 2017). "Hate Thy Neighbour's Jamali Maddix: crude, cartoonish, straight-up standup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Taskmaster series 11 line up". Twitter. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Jamali Maddix". Big Zuu's Big Eats. 19 June 2020. Event occurs at 5:57. Dave.
- ^ "Ilford, Islamophobia And The London Comedy Circuit". Londonist. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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