Greg Tate
Born: 1957-10-14 in Dayton, Ohio, USA
Died: 2021-12-07
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
2022
- The Andy Warhol Diaries as Self
2020
- The Real Michael Jackson as Self
2019
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Writer
- I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Musician
2017
- Basquiat: Rage to Riches as Self (Writer, Musician)
- Betty: They Say I’m Different as Self
2016
- Two Trains Runnin' as Self
2005
1996
- The Last Angel of History as Self