The United States Embassy in Georgetown has released a statement in honour of Guyanese born writer Clover Hope.
The statement said.
Today’s #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight shines on Clover Hope, a Guyanese born writer, producer, and creative consultant. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Clover has established herself as a journalist of the arts. She has written for a range of publications, including Vibe, Elle, Billboard, the New York Times, Essence and Cosmopolitan.
Clover is also the author of the Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop, a comprehensive and illustrated history of women rappers. Thank you, Clover, for your great contribution!
Clover Hope was born in Guyana and immigrated to New York City when she was three years old. She was raised in both Brooklyn and Queens. 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.
Hope graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Hope’s first job in journalism after college began in 2005 as an online editor at Billboard. She went on to work at several other publications with an emphasis on musical journalism.
Beyoncé’s featured September 2018 Vogue editorial included an as-told-to interview with Hope. The writer again collaborated with Beyoncé as a co-writer on Black Is King in 2020.
Hope is presently an adjunct professor at New York University.
For more on Clover visit: http://www.cloverhope.com/
