Greg Tate
Known for ActingBorn 1957-10-14 — died 2021-12-07Dayton, 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.
Known for
Sidney
2022 · as Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · as Self - Writer
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · as Self - Musician
Two Trains Runnin'
2016 · as Self
The Last Angel of History
1996 · as Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017 · as Self (Writer, Musician)
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
The Real Michael Jackson
2020 · as Self
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
2005 · as Self
Betty: They Say I’m Different
2017 · as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · as Self
Black February: Music Is an Open Door
as Himself