Negros Tou Moria

Negros Tou Moria – or “Black Morris” – is one of the most influential Greek rappers to have emerged in recent years, with unparalleled flow and prodigious beats, while his music is backed by a modern melting pot of intensely talented young producers and artists from a diversity of ethnic backgrounds. Black Morris is the approximate translation of Negros Tou Moria, which in its original Greek is an adroit play on words with Geros tou Moria, a legendary general of the 1821 Greek revolution against the Turkish occupation – this twist on a symbol of classic “Greekness” goes a long way in describing the artist’s ethos, creativity, and cultural dichotomy: he is an artist that embodies 21st-century inner-city Athens, speaking of and to its affronted youth with his own tenacious swagger.

Born to Ghanaian parents in the economically depressed Athenian district of Ampelokipoi, and growing up in and around the neglected Kypseli neighborhood, Black Morris made his first tentative steps in the world of Greek rap next to the legendary MC TakiTsan and has since gone on to flesh out his unique and intuitive voice amongst the new breed in his hometown. Thessaloniki Hip Hop Festival chose Black Morris as their Best New Artist of the Year in 2014. In 2018 he released his second independent album “H.E.A.L.T.H. (How Economy And Love Tortured Humanity).”