Greg Tate
American writer
Died when: 64 years 54 days (769 months)Star Sign: Libra
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.
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