LONG BEACH — Nathaniel D. Hale, known in the music industry as Nate Dogg, died Tuesday, his family announced. The rap star, born and reared...
The rap star, born and reared in Long Beach, Calif. was 41.
Cause of death is not known. However, Hale had suffered two strokes, one in 2007 and another in 2008.
Details will be available later.
We Dont normally write much or add to much to the stories because we Aggregate News, but being a 30 year old raised in the age of Hip Hop, I wanted to take the time and speak about the influence that Nate Dogg truly had on Hip Hop in my eyes.
I was born in 1980, a time when hip hop was strictly boom bap, or the exact opposite: commercial. As I grew older Hip Hop grew with me, it flourished right before my eyes. When I was just 13 Years old "The Chronic" Bust on the scene. I Remember my mom not wanting me to listen to it, but we would sneak and listen to it at the park, I would borrow tapes and make endless dubs of that G-Funk sound. I remember watching Rev. Calvin Butts gather CD's and tapes and run them over because that "music was influencing a culture of disrespect and hate". To me and my friends, it was music and we loved it! I remember when Above the Rim came out and "Regulate" was the lead single. It was nothing to see one guy being Warren G, and the next being Nate Dogg. At the time we didn't realize what that song did to hip hop! it changed it forever.
As time would go on harmony in Hip Hop became bigger and bigger. Ja Rule, 50 Cent, Bone Thugs N Harmony, even to this Day Drake, and countless other emcees have Nate Dogg to thank for Intertwining Straight Gangsta Shit into a song, and making it sound smooth and acceptable. So on this day I would like to personally say to all the Hip Hop Heads. Where Ever you ARE,Bust out your Tape, CD, MP3 of Regulators... and turn that shit UP LOUD, and Remember the Big Homey Nate Dogg.
R.I.P Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale ( August 19, 1969 - March 15,2011 )
Your Inspiration to Hip Hop will Never Be Forgotten.
#OTG - I Double L
I was born in 1980, a time when hip hop was strictly boom bap, or the exact opposite: commercial. As I grew older Hip Hop grew with me, it flourished right before my eyes. When I was just 13 Years old "The Chronic" Bust on the scene. I Remember my mom not wanting me to listen to it, but we would sneak and listen to it at the park, I would borrow tapes and make endless dubs of that G-Funk sound. I remember watching Rev. Calvin Butts gather CD's and tapes and run them over because that "music was influencing a culture of disrespect and hate". To me and my friends, it was music and we loved it! I remember when Above the Rim came out and "Regulate" was the lead single. It was nothing to see one guy being Warren G, and the next being Nate Dogg. At the time we didn't realize what that song did to hip hop! it changed it forever.
As time would go on harmony in Hip Hop became bigger and bigger. Ja Rule, 50 Cent, Bone Thugs N Harmony, even to this Day Drake, and countless other emcees have Nate Dogg to thank for Intertwining Straight Gangsta Shit into a song, and making it sound smooth and acceptable. So on this day I would like to personally say to all the Hip Hop Heads. Where Ever you ARE,Bust out your Tape, CD, MP3 of Regulators... and turn that shit UP LOUD, and Remember the Big Homey Nate Dogg.
R.I.P Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale ( August 19, 1969 - March 15,2011 )
Your Inspiration to Hip Hop will Never Be Forgotten.
#OTG - I Double L
R.I.P Nate Dogg,you will be missed
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ReplyDeleteWhile his musical contributions should be celebrated, and his death mourned, let's not neglect the fact that his lyrics and social messages DID do immense damage to the black community, and the youth community as a whole. It WAS a message of violence, misogyny, promiscuity, disrespect, and lack of accountability. The acceptance and practice of such values by the young black men and women of the last 20 years has done serious damage to our community's self-respect, family structure, and health. While we should mourn the death of a talented human being, let's not glorify his contributions to thte social and cultural deterioriation of the black community.
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