Greg Tate

Biography

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

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

as Self - Writer

The Andy Warhol Diaries

as Self

I Am Richard Pryor

as Self - Musician

Betty: They Say I’m Different

as Self

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

as Self (Writer, Musician)

The Last Angel of History

as Self

Two Trains Runnin'

as Self

The Real Michael Jackson

as Self

Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker

as Self

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

as Self