Nate Dogg

Nathaniel Dwayne Hale August 19 1969 March 15 2011 known professionally as Nate Dogg was an American singer and rapper He gained recognition for providing guest vocals on several hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007 earning him the nickname King of Hooks Hale began his career in 1990 as a member of 213 a hiphop trio formed with his cousin Snoop Dogg and friend Warren G Hale guest appeared on the latters 1994 single Regulate which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards Hale would soon become a fixture in the West Coast hiphop genre frequently collaborating with Dr Dre Snoop Dogg and Xzibit in the 1990s his deep vocals became sought after for hooks and he began working with other artists throughout the 2000s such as Eminem 50 Cent Fabolous Mos Def and Ludacris As a featured artist Hale performed on 16 Billboard Hot 100 chart entries which includes his appearance on the number onesingle 21 Questions by 50 Cent Hale also guest appeared on the singles The Next Episode by Dr Dre as well as Till I Collapse and Shake That by Eminem Hale released three studio albums as well as a string of moderately successful singles as a primary artist in the 1990s Description above from the Wikipedia article Nate Dogg licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia