Nelson George was born on September 1,1957 and is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker.
15 Facts About Nelson George
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Nelson George has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Nelson George was an intern at the New York Amsterdam News before being hired as black music editor for Record World.
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Nelson George later served as a music editor for Billboard magazine from 1982 to 1989.
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Nelson George wrote a column, entitled "Native Son", for the Village Voice from 1988 to 1992.
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Nelson George first got involved in film when, in 1986, he helped to finance director Spike Lee's debut feature She's Gotta Have It.
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Nelson George has authored numerous non-fiction books, including the bestseller The Michael Jackson Story in 1984, Blackface: Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies in 1994, Elevating the Game: Black Men and basketball in 1992, and Hip Hop America in 1998.
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Nelson George takes a close look at the genre's fall to the hands of the mainstream and even suggests that some popular artists "sold out".
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Nelson George has written five detective novels featuring bodyguard-turned-private investigator D Hunter.
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In 1991, Nelson George co-wrote the Halle Berry vehicle Strictly Business, and in 1993, he was co-creator of the movie CB4 starring comedian Chris Rock.
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In 2004, George made a short film called To Be a Black Man, starring Samuel L Jackson, and a documentary called A Great Day in Hip-Hop.
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Nelson George executive-produced the HBO film Everyday People which debuted in 2004 at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Nelson George served as co-executive producer of VH1's Hip Hop Honors television show and executive producer of Black Entertainment Television's American Gangster series, which was the highest rated series in the history of BET in 2006.
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Nelson George hosted the VH-1 series Soul Cities, which examined the music and culture of six prominent cities in the US.
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In 2015, Nelson George released A Ballerina's Tale, a documentary on Misty Copeland, a principal ballet dancer for ABT.