Greg Tate
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Gregory Stephen Tate 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
Tate reading at New York University in 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
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…Village Voice. Writing for Pitchfork, Allison Hussey said: "It became a definitive work for Tate," treating subjects like Miles Davis, Public Enemy, and Jean Michel Basquiat. Jelani Cobb called the collection "a clinic on literary brilliance" with significant influence on other writers. This impact on subsequent generations…
SAMO Xerox poster (1979)
From 1983 to 1988 Basquiat lived at 57 Great Jones Street in NoHo, where he died. A plaque commemorating his life was placed outside the building in 2016; the block was named "Jean-Michel Basquiat Way" in 2025.
Basquiat's grave at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York
Basquiat's drawing of art critic Rene Ricard, Untitled (Axe/Rene) (1984)