Clover Hope

Clover Hope is a Guyanese-American music journalist. She was previously an editor at Billboard, XXL, and Jezebel. She is currently a contributing editor for Pitchfork. Hope's debut book The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop was released in 2021.[1]

Clover Hope
BornGuyana
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityGuyanese-American
Alma materNew York University (BA)
SubjectPop music, hip hop, interview
Notable worksBlack is King (co-writer)
Years active2005 — present
Website
www.cloverhope.com

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

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 to premiere 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]

References
  1. Bossi, Andrea. "This New Book On The 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop Is Revolutionary". Forbes. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. Best Music Writing 2010. Carr, Daphne., Powers, Ann, 1964-. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo. 2010. ISBN 0-306-81935-X. OCLC 698589756.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 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. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  6. Sterne, Peter (2014-10-03). "Dodai Stewart leaves Jezebel for Fusion". Politico. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  7. "Farewell to Clover Hope, Jezebel's Unroastable Silent Killer". Jezebel. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  8. Petrarca, Emilia (2018-08-06). "What to Know About the 23-Year-Old Who Photographed Beyoncé for Vogue". The Cut. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  9. McKinney, Jessica (2020-08-31). "7 First Impressions from Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' Film". Complex. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  10. Grant, Shawn (2021-01-28). "YouTube Originals Announces 'Black Renaissance' Featuring President and Mrs. Obama". The Source. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  11. Gaffney, Adrienne (2021-01-31). "Honor and Learn This Black History Month". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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