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Born:
1957-10-14

Birthplace:
Dayton, Ohio, USA

Credits:
13 Total Roles

Greg Tate

Acting

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2023 Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes MOVIE Self
2022 Sidney MOVIE Self
2022 The Andy Warhol Diaries TV Self
2020 The Real Michael Jackson MOVIE Self
2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool MOVIE Self - Writer
2019 I Am Richard Pryor MOVIE Self - Musician
2017 Betty: They Say I’m Different MOVIE Self
2017 Basquiat: Rage to Riches MOVIE Self (Writer, Musician)
2016 Two Trains Runnin' MOVIE Self
2005 Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker MOVIE Self

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