Greg Tate

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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  The Andy Warhol Diaries

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  Sidney

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  Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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  I Am Richard Pryor

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  Two Trains Runnin'

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  Seven Songs for Malcolm X

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  Black February: Music Is an Open Door

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  Betty: They Say I’m Different

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  Basquiat: Rage to Riches

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  Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker

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• 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf
• 2022SidneySelf
• 2022The Andy Warhol DiariesSelf
• 2020The Real Michael JacksonSelf
• 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - Writer
• 2019I Am Richard PryorSelf - Musician
• 2017Betty: They Say I’m DifferentSelf
• 2017Basquiat: Rage to RichesSelf (Writer, Musician)
• 2016Two Trains Runnin'Self
• 2005Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black RockerSelf
• 1996The Last Angel of HistorySelf
• 1993Seven Songs for Malcolm X
• —Black February: Music Is an Open DoorSelf