A Warrior for the Heart: The Gigantic Music Legacy of Greg Tate

DECEMBER 7, 2021

ROB SHEFFIELD

www.rollingstone.com

Remembering Flyboy Greg Tate

January 4,2022

STEVE KIVIAT

washingtoncitypaper.com

Greg Tate (1957–2021), The Village Voice cultural critic

December 8, 2021

Linnea Crowther

Legacy.com

A Black Education Remembering Greg Tate, critical giant, author, Flyboy, and my teacher.

December 13, 2021

Tirhakah Love

Vulture

Flying High: Remembering Greg Tate

December 13, 2021

The Village Voice

GREG TATE - 1957 to 2021

December 8, 2021

Nelson George

Substack

Greg Tate - In memoriam: a tribute to Tate’s anti-entitlement, anti-elitist spirit.

December 17, 2021

Harmony Holiday

4Columns

On Greg Tate and Dilla Time

December 2021

Dan Charnas

The Critic Who Convinced Me That Criticism Could Be Art

September 21, 2016

Hua Hsu

The New Yorker

Fly as Hell: An Interview with Greg Tate

March 1, 2018

Leah Mirakhor

Los Angeles Review of Books

Appreciation: Critic Greg Tate taught a generation how to listen to, love and write about Black music

December 8, 2021

RJ SMITH

LA Times

There Will Never Be Another Greg Tate

December 9, 2021

Marcus J. Moore

Pitchfork

The Peerless Imagination of Greg Tate

December 8, 2021

Jon Caramanica

NY Times

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

December 14, 2021

Michael A. Gonzales

Literary Hub

Considering Greg Tate’s transformative impact on cultural criticism

December 17, 2021

Anni Irish

The Art Newspaper

Remembering Greg Tate

December 16, 2021

LARRY MIZELL, JR.

KEXP

Remembering Greg Tate, a culture critic who focused on Black music and art

December 18, 2021

Terry Gross

NPR

Greg Tate, “Godfather Of Hip Hop Journalism,” Passes Away

December 7, 2021

Justin Ivey

All Hip Hop

HOLIDAY SPECIAL with Amanda Shires (The Highwomen), Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem), and Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra), plus Record Shops Pick Holiday Faves.

December 2021

Paul Myers

The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers

Considering Greg Tate’s transformative impact on cultural criticism

December 20, 2021

NEWSDESK

Title Press

For Greg Tate destination: OUT with Jeff Golick: Playlist from

December 19, 2021

Jeff Golick

WFMU

Breakfast with Greg Tate

DecEMBER 13, 2021

John Sims

Detroit Metro Times

Greg Tate (1957–2021)

December 14, 2021

DAPHNE A. BROOKS, ROBERT CHRISTGAU, SASHA FRERE-JONES, AND CARL WILSON

Book Forum

The Month In Jazz – December 2021

December 21, 2021

PHIL FREEMAN

Stereogum

6 essential essays by groundbreaking cultural critic Greg Tate

August 12, 2021

DUNCAN HARRISON

Crack

Stonecoldboldness: A many-sided memorial to the writing of Greg Tate

December 11, 2021

NPR

Greg Tate (1957-2021): Cultural Critic Who Made His Name Writing About Hip Hop, Was Equally Attuned to Visual Art

DecEMBER 12, 2021

VICTORIA L. VALENTINE

Culture Type

Greg Tate Obituary: Remembering 'Flyboy' Author and Critic

December 13, 2021

Vulture

FAREWELL TO GREG TATE

December 8, 2021

Laura Sell

Duke University Press

Greg Tate was the GOAT of Black cultural writing — we could all learn from his genius

December 7, 2021

Touré

The Grio

Greg Tate, Influential Critic, Essayist, and Chronicler of the Black Avant-Garde, Dies at 64

December 7, 2021

ANDY BATTAGLIA

ARTnews

Greg Tate, Giant Among Cultural Critics, Dies at 64

December 7, 2021

Zoe Guy

Hyperallergic

Greg Tate, influential critic of Black culture, dies at 64

December 9, 2021

CLAY RISEN

Daily Press

Greg Tate Canonized Black Culture. He Deserves the Same

December 8, 2021

Maiysha Kai

The Root

Greg Tate showed me what being a writer in America could mean

December 8, 2021

Kevin Powell

Washington Post

Music and cultural critic Greg Tate dead at 64

December 7, 2021

Dennis Romero

NBC News

Greg Tate on Cinema

December 8, 2021

David Hudson

Criterion

Statement on the Death of Influential Author, Critic and Musician Greg Tate

December 8, 2021

Newsroom

Smithsonian NMAAHC

Greg Tate, Celebrated Hip-Hop Journalist and Cultural Critic, Dies at 64

December 7, 2021

Allison HusseyPitchfork

Greg Tate Dies at 64, Pioneering Work in Hip-Hop Journalism Celebrated (UPDATE)

December 7, 2021

Brenton Blanchett

Complex

In Memoriam Greg Tate (1957-2021)

December 9, 2021

Contemporary&

Greg Tate (15 October 1957–7 December 2021)

December 2021

The Wire

Greg Tate, influential critic of Black culture, dies at 64

December 9, 2021

CLAY RISEN

The Virginia Pilot

Greg Tate: the flyboy goes back to the future

August 20, 2016

Steven W. Thrasher

The Guardian

Greg Tate: A massive loss for cultural criticism, a bigger loss for those who loved him

December 15, 2021

JORDANNAH ELIZABETH

Amsterdam News

Greg Tate, ‘Godfather of Hip-Hop Journalism,’ Dies at 64

December 7, 2021

Stacy M. Brown

The Washington Informer

In Memoriam: Greg Tate 1957–2021

December 14, 2021

Howard Mandel

Downbeat

Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64

December 7, 2021

Andrew Limbong

Greg Tate, Groundbreaking Cultural Critic and Black Rock Coalition Co-Founder, Dead at 64

December 7, 2021

Hank Shteamer

Rolling Stone

Remembering Greg Tate: Godfather Of Hip-Hop Journalism

December 13, 2021

Nylah Lee

The Hilltop

‘Godfather Of Hip-Hop Journalism’ Greg Tate Dies At 64

December 9, 2021

Stacy M. Brown

The Seattle Medium

Remembering Greg Tate

December 12, 2021

Ben Thompson

Tribune

Revered cultural critic Greg Tate has died at age 64

December 8, 2021

Mano Sundaresan, Noah Caldwell

WBUR

From bell hooks to Virgil Abloh to your local creatives, the arts contribute to radical change

December 22, 2021

Jeneé Osterheldt

The Boston Globe

The Legacy of Greg Tate Who Dared Others to Think

December 20, 2021

EP McKnight, MEd

Writers' Blokke

Premiere: Greg Tate, Ytasha Womack & King Britt on the Power of Afrofuturism

December 25, 2021

KARAS LAMB

Okay Player

Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber taking songbooks of Prince, Bowie, Steely Dan in new directions

July 8, 2019

Marcus Crowder

Datebook

THE HISTORY OF DETROIT TECHNO IS EXPLORED IN NEW DOCUMENTARY, BLACK TO TECHNO

August 13, 2019

BRIAN CONEY

DJ Mag

Farewell Flyboy: Remembering Greg Tate

December 8, 2021

Martin John

Tidal

Thoughts on Greg Tate, a black boy genius

Michael Simanga

Black Art In America

Greg Tate: A Famed Journalist On Why Hip-Hop Will Never Die

April 15, 2012

crperry84

All Hip Hop

‘Godfather Of Hip-Hop Journalism’ and Burnt Sugar Frontman Greg Tate Dies At 64

December 7, 2021

NewsOne Staff

News One

A Love From Outer Space: Why Greg Tate Matters

October 25, 2007

Michael A. Gonzales

Blog Spot

IN MEMORIAM: ‘Godfather Of Hip-Hop Journalism’ Greg Tate Dies At 64

December 15, 2021

Texas Metro News

A Note In Praise Of Greg Tate

Hanif Abdurraqib

Sixtyeight to OhFive

Greg Tate Dead At 64

December 7, 2021

Tom Breihan

Stereogum

In Honor of Greg Tate

December 13, 2021

Greg Thomas

Tune Into Leadership

Greg Tate, Hip Hop Journalism Godfather, Dies at 64- Here's why his words Mattered

December 7, 2021

Dana Scott

Hip Hop Dx

A Biography of Greg Tate in Three-Four Minutes

December 7, 2021

Brian G Gilmore

Medium

Greg Tate, critic of culture and more, RIP

December 9, 2021

JJA Editor

Jazz Journalists Association

How Pioneering Critic Greg Tate Contributed to Black Arts

December 15, 2021

Balasz Takac

Wide Walls

Greg Tate, an Acclaimed Music Writer and Cultural Critic, Passes Away at 64

December 8, 2021

Rashad Grove

Ebony

Flowers for Greg Tate

December 8, 2021

Tim Carmody

Kottke

Honoring Greg Tate

2021

Arvida Rascón

Kuvo Jazz

Greg Tate, musician and leading hip-hop generation cultural critic, dies at 64

December 9, 2021

Matt Schudel

Washington Post

Greg Tate (C. 1958–2021)

December 7, 2021

Art Forum

Rest In Power Greg Tate

December 13, 2021

Zachary Draves

I Am Hip Hop Magazine

Greg Tate, Celebrated Author, Critic, Musician, Dies at 64

December 13, 2021

Calvin Reid

Publishers Weekly

Jeff Miers: Celebrating pioneering critic and historian Greg Tate

December 16, 2021

Jeff Miers

Buffalo News

The incomparable imagination of Greg Tate

December 9, 2021

NewsRust

One thought on “Greg Tate , 1957-2021”

December 8, 2021

SW00Ds

Rock Critcs

Greg Tate’s Invisible Jukebox with Alan Licht

January 2004

Alan Licht

The Wike UK

Negrocity: An Interview with Greg Tate

2012

Camille Goodison

CUNY City Tech-Publisher's and Research

The Ion Man Cometh: Talking With Greg Tate

August 12, 2016

Eugene Holley, Jr

Publisher's Weekly

Excerpt from Common Tones: Selected Interviews with artists and musicians

December 2020

Alan Licht

Blank Forms

"Black to the Future: Interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Greg Tate, and Tricia Rose" Excerpt from Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture

1994

Mark Dery

Duke University Press

The Uncollected Writings of Greg Tate

July 11, 2019

Chimurenga

Chimurenga Chronicles

Rhyme sayer, stone cold player

March 3, 2017

Michael Lapointe

TLS uk

Greg Tate-I Am the Iron Man

May 8, 2020

iHeart Radio

Critical Reflections (Introducing Greg Tate)

December 7, 2021

Greil Marcus

Interview: Greg Tate of Burnt Sugar the Arksestra Chamber

January 26, 2012

Greg Haymes

Nippertown

Interview: Greg Tate – Writer, Musician and Producer

April 8, 2012

Clayton Perry

Remembering Greg Tate-A Cultural Leader

2021

Western Arts Alliance

Greg Tate

December 6, 2016

Brainard Carey

Praxis Interview Magazine

An Interview with author Greg Tate

August 18, 2016

Jordannah Elizabeth

New York Amsterdam News

Left of Black with Greg Tate

February 25, 2018

John Hope Franklin Ceneter at Duke University

What Does The Afrofuture Say?

May 21, 2020

The Afrofuture Strategies Institute

Arthur Jafa and Greg Tate

July 5, 2017

Hammer Museum

Ellison / Baraka: A Debate with Greg Tate & Greg Thomas

February 16, 2016

Hutchins Center

Public Conversation

November 8, 2017

Duke University Department of African and African American Studies