Clover Hope

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Clover Hope
Born Guyana
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityGuyanese-American
Alma mater New York University (BA)
SubjectPop music, hip hop, interview
Years active2005 — present
Notable works Black is King (co-writer)
Website
www.cloverhope.com

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]

Contents

Early life and education

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]

Career

Journalism

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]

Other work

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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  3. 1 2 Arnold, Chuck. "Clover Hope's 'The Motherlode' Puts Women In Rap First". Essence. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Stewart, Alison. "Cheerleading Discrimination, Hip Hop Fashion and Pioneers, Book Club, 'Palmer'". WNYC. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Tabor, Nick (2016-07-24). "Jezebel's Clover Hope on What's Wrong (and Right) With the Media". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  6. ↑ Sterne, Peter (2014-10-03). "Dodai Stewart leaves Jezebel for Fusion". Politico. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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  9. ↑ McKinney, Jessica (2020-08-31). "7 First Impressions from Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' Film". Complex. Archived from the original on 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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