About
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 Waltzes2023 · Self
Sidney2022 · Self
The Real Michael Jackson2020 · Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019 · Self - Writer
I Am Richard Pryor2019 · Self - Musician
Betty: They Say I’m Different2017 · Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches2017 · Self (Writer, Musician)
Two Trains Runnin'2016 · Self
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker2005 · Self
The Last Angel of History1996 · Self
Seven Songs for Malcolm X1993