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