Clover Hope | |
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| 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) |
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Clover Hope is a Guyanese-American music journalist. She was previously an editor atBillboard,XXL, andJezebel. She is a contributing editor forPitchfork as of 2020. Hope's debut bookThe Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop was released in 2021.[1]
Hope was born inGuyana and immigrated to New York City when she was three years old.[2] She was raised in bothBrooklyn andQueens.[2] She citedDMX'sIt's Dark and Hell is Hot and the work ofMissy Elliott as two sources that cultivated her love forhip hop.[3][4]
Hope graduated magna cum laude fromNew 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 atBillboard.[5] She went on to work atXXL for three years and then moved on to be senior editor atVibe.[2] She was hired as a staff writer forJezebel in 2014 and left in 2020.[6][7] Her work has also appeared in outlets includingThe Village Voice,ESPN,GQ, andHarper's Bazaar.[1][2] She has been a contributing editor atPitchfork since 2020.[1]
Beyoncé's featured September 2018Vogue editorial included an as-told-to interview with Hope.[8] The writer again collaborated with Beyoncé as a co-writer onBlack Is King (2020).[9]
She is a co-executive producer forBlack Renaissance, a Black arts and culture YouTube Originals special that premiered February 26, 2021.[10]
Hope is an adjunct professor atNew York University.[7]
Her debut bookThe Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop was released in 2021.[11] The book profiles iconic women in hip-hop likeRoxanne Shanté andNicki Minaj and provides historical context as well as the perspectives of the featured artists.[3]
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