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Greg Tate

Oct 14, 1957 - Dec 07, 2021 (64 years old) in Dayton, 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.

Known For

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Writer
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Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self (Writer, Musician)
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I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Musician
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Two Trains Runnin'
Self
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The Last Angel of History
Self
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The Andy Warhol Diaries
Self
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
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Seven Songs for Malcolm X
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The Real Michael Jackson
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Betty: They Say I’m Different
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