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

    Tate worked for documenting the birth of hip-hop in the first wave of journalism. He documented and analyzed hip-hop music since 80s. 

    Tate had co-founded the Black Rock Coalition in 1985 which was correct unfairness(injustice) in the music industry by offering resources to Black artists. He also worked at The Village Voice for 16 years, remains a lot of writing about hip-hop, Black musicians, and  pop culture from a critical point of view. 

    He wrote several books that are critical essays, such as, 1992's Flyboy and the Buttermilk, 2016's Flyboy 2 , Midnight Lightening: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience in 2003, Everything but the Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture. He also was a musician in an jazz ensemble and he was working on a book about James Brown.