Greg Tate | |
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 Tate reading at New York University in 2013 | |
| Born | Gregory Stephen Tate October 14, 1957 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 7, 2021 (aged 64) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Howard University |
| Occupation(s) | Cultural critic, journalist, author, musician |
| Years active | 1981–2021 |
| Employer | The Village Voice |
| Notable work | Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America |
| Children | 1 |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.