Greg Tate

Greg Tate
Tate at a podium, reading into a microphone; he wears a blue coat and orange hat
Tate reading at New York University in 2013
Born
Gregory Stephen Tate

(1957-10-14)October 14, 1957
DiedDecember 7, 2021(2021-12-07) (aged 64)
Alma materHoward University
Occupation(s)Cultural critic, journalist, author, musician
Years active1981–2021
EmployerThe Village Voice
Notable workFlyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America
Children1

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.[1]

In 2024, Tate was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a Special Citation award.[2]

  1. ^ Limbong, Andrew (December 7, 2021). "Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64". NPR. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon (May 6, 2024). "Greg Tate Receives Posthumous Pulitzer Prize". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.