1957-10-14 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.
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | 2023-03-12 |
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The Real Michael Jackson | Self | 2020-03-30 |
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I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Musician | 2019-03-12 |
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Self - Writer | 2019-08-23 |
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Basquiat: Rage to Riches | Self (Writer, Musician) | 2017-10-07 |
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Betty: They Say I’m Different | Self | 2017-11-16 |
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Two Trains Runnin' | Self | 2016-04-08 |
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Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker | Self | 2005-06-30 |
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The Last Angel of History | Self | 1996-09-11 |
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Seven Songs for Malcolm X | 1993-10-01 | |
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Black February: Music Is an Open Door | Himself |
