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Greg Tate
Born 1957-10-14Dayton, Ohio, USA
Gregory Stephen Tate (October 14, 1957 – December 7, 2021) was an American writer, musician, and producer. A long-time critic for The Village Voice, Tate focused particularly on African-American music and culture, helping to establish hip-hop as a genre worthy of music criticism. Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America (1992) collected 40 of his works for the Voice and he published a sequel, Flyboy 2, in 2016. A musician himself, he was a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and the leader of Burnt Sugar. In 2024, Tate was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a Special Citation award.
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Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelfSidneySelfThe Real Michael JacksonSelfMiles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - WriterI Am Richard PryorSelf - MusicianBetty: They Say I’m DifferentSelfBasquiat: Rage to RichesSelf (Writer, Musician)Two Trains Runnin'SelfElectric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black RockerSelfThe Last Angel of HistorySelfSeven Songs for Malcolm XRoleBlack February: Music Is an Open DoorSelf