Greg Tate

Actor

Born: October 14, 1957
Died: December 7, 2021 (age 64)
From: Dayton, Ohio, USA

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…

Filmography (12)

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