Clover Hope | |
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Born | Guyana |
Occupation | Journalist |
Language | English |
Nationality | Guyanese-American |
Alma mater | New York University (BA) |
Subject | Pop music, hip hop, interview |
Years active | 2005 — present |
Notable works | Black is King (co-writer) |
Website | |
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Clover Hope is a Guyanese-American music journalist. She was previously an editor at Billboard, XXL, and Jezebel. She is a contributing editor for Pitchfork as of 2020. Hope's debut book The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop was released in 2021. [1]
Hope was born in Guyana and immigrated to New York City when she was three years old. [2] She was raised in both Brooklyn and Queens. [2] She cited DMX's It's Dark and Hell is Hot and the work of Missy Elliott as two sources that cultivated her love for hip hop. [3] [4]
Hope graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. [2]
Hope's first job in journalism after college began in 2005 as an online editor at Billboard. [5] She went on to work at XXL for three years and then moved on to be senior editor at Vibe. [2] She was hired as a staff writer for Jezebel in 2014 and left in 2020. [6] [7] Her work has also appeared in outlets including The Village Voice, ESPN, GQ, and Harper's Bazaar. [1] [2] She has been a contributing editor at Pitchfork since 2020. [1]
Beyoncé's featured September 2018 Vogue editorial included an as-told-to interview with Hope. [8] The writer again collaborated with Beyoncé as a co-writer on Black Is King (2020). [9]
She is a co-executive producer for Black Renaissance, a Black arts and culture YouTube Originals special that premiered February 26, 2021. [10]
Hope is an adjunct professor at New York University. [7]
Her debut book The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop was released in 2021. [11] The book profiles iconic women in hip-hop like Roxanne Shanté and Nicki Minaj and provides historical context as well as the perspectives of the featured artists. [3]
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