Long Beach, California singer Nate Dogg was confirmed dead last night, March 15. A member of the group 213 with Snoop Dogg and Warren G, Nate was respected as a singer known for his complementary abilities on Hip Hop songs. First appearing nationally on Dr. Dre’s 1992 multi-platinum album The Chronic, Nate would go on to appear on albums throughout the early 1990s before releasing his double-disc solo debut, G-Funk Classics Volume 1 & 2 in 1998. Among earlier collaborators included Snoop Dogg, 2Pac’s Thug Life and Warren G.
Reacting to the sad news of this morning, Big Syke of Thug Life acknowledged the loss on Twitter, after over nine months without a tweet. Syke, 2Pac, Mopreme Shakur and Mackadoshis featured Nate on their 1994 single, “How Long Will They Mourn Me?”
NATE DOGG REST IN PEACE
Syke would later work with Nate on the singer’s debut album. Also on G-Funk Classics was Daz Dillinger, known most at the time as one-half of Tha Dogg Pound. Daz would work with Nate Dogg throughout the years, on individual and group projects. Daz also mourned the loss of a DPGC member and friend this morning.
R.I.P. TO MY HOMEBOY NATE DOGG DPGC DOGG POUND GANGSTA 4 LIFE
In the early ’00s, Nate Dogg worked outside of his coast, appearing on singles ranging from Def Jam’s star of the day in Ludacris, as well as more underground emcees like Rawkus Records’ Pharoahe Monch and Mos Def on “Oh No.” Nate was also a supporting hand for Brooklyn, New York’s Fabolous, who’s first single was 2000’s collaboration, “Can’t Deny It.” This afternoon, Fab tweeted on Nate’s importance to his career.
I would like 2 #Salute the Life of a good dude.. Not jus 4 being on my 1st Single but 4 always being a stand up guy! #RIPNateDogg
With California still very much in his music, Nate scored a #1 hit with Shade Sheist and Kurupt on Damizza‘s compilation album of the same name, titled “Where I Wanna Be.”
Sheist, who’s maintained a quieter career in the decade since the hit, called out the music industry for ignoring Nate Dogg’s personal and artistic merits over recent years.
says I hope Nate’s lesson spreads far.. yall forgot about him, his coast and genre due to envy, greed and straight hate.. Now he’s Gone.
Another younger west coast artist, Knoc-Turn’al, acknowledge Nate for his mentorship. The pair had worked together frequently in the 2000s, on both the singer and the rapper’s solo projects, as well as compilation work.
Life is crazy..enjoy the time u have..we gonna miss u big dogg.. thanks for everything u always did for me.. showed me so much love..
While Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have yet to speak publicly about Nate Dogg’s death, another west coast Hip Hop pioneer tweeted his sentiments. Ice-T acknowledged Nate as a friend and a musical legend.
I woke up this morning to learn that another Hip Hop Legend and friend has passed away.. Rest in peace Nate Dogg. We’ll miss you my nigga.
In recent years, while suffering from several strokes, Nate Dogg’s musical output was limited. He appeared on Warren G’s The G Files album, and The LBC Crew’s just-released Haven’t You Heard project, from 1996.
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go back to the nineties i dunno everything was dpg don’t even kno dude personaly but spent a lot of time growin up with him singing in my ear r.ip to a fukin legend…..smoke weed everyday(nate’dogg voice)
first easy e the 2pac and biggs and big bun
know the nate dogg its like our geration is dying……
Yuh no one understands what you saying foo.
Sad day in hiphop/rap….Nate also made it great to be a hook man….r.i.p will be missed by many fans worldwide…
Thanks for acknowledging Nate Dogg as more than just a cat who sang on a few Dre and Snoop songs. More people need to kno.
THIS ONE REALLY HURTS HE TOUCHED MY SOUL WHEN I HERD HIS VOICE U WILL BE MISSED VERY MUCH U R MY FAVORITE RAPPER BY FAR RIP NATE DOGG
You all really think that these people are going to heaven??
Blind fools.
I guess you’re the one to judge us all!!! You FOOL
is that god speaking?
What a dumb fuck.
well ur not. little bitch. i see u in rebecca blacks videos nigga
i know most of music is flit but so is the world we live in , little to no love and rap artist speak on the world we live in ( some any way)
Dude grew up Christian… like a lot of people in America. So it wouldn’t be completely out of the ballpark to say he’s going to heaven.
been sayin what shade sheist touched on for months…..the industry forgot about nate dogg …..i saw no “get well soon nate dogg”messages in any west coast video,no mentions in songs,awards etc…..i seen 1 clip a few months back with warren-g talkin bout nate’s health and thats it,snoop aint said shit in years bout it…c’mon son R.I.P NATE DOGG
you right bro, but now everybody is sad,,,that is bs
R.I.P
Enjoyed his music very much through the years
RIP Nate Dogg.. regulators mount up!
RIP NATE DOGG! A TRUE LEGEND IN THE GAME!
R.I.P.
There won’t be any hook on any hip hop track that could ever match up to a hook by Nate. And that’s not just opinion, that’s fact.
RIP
No hate here, just a question. Why are people calling him a legend?
He’s probably the greatest hook man to ever live. Before you had Akon and T-Pain singing on everyone’s hooks, there was Nate Dogg. The original gangsta.
RIP
i first heard nate on the chronic, he was always one of my favorite guys to have on a hook, you basically had a sure hit with him, you cant say that with a lot of other artist, and his style was just that his own, like no one before, i knew about the health issues but just hoped he would pull through, everyone i grew up on or around is dieing, and young too, im 30 and feel like i need to get ready, i just hope its in my sleep, everybody dieing behind health issues isnt a coincidence, when was the last time you heard of someone dieing of natural causes?
you ain’t kiddin Mike, were only getting older and this shit can catch up to us real quick. RIP Nate Dogg..
RIP Nate Dogg…another sad day in not just hip-hop but the world!
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RIP Nate DoGG. I’ve seen him a couple of times in the past 10 years at concerts and at a pool club once and seriously you could see it in his eyes that he wasn’t normal in my opinion. He held down his songs, no doubt, but you can just see it. Suffering two strokes and partially being paralyzed, to death at 41? A real reality check on how we all are living. Life can’t always be about partying and drugging the fuck out 24/7 because that shit catches up to you before you even realize it. Another one has joined the music throne up in Heaven, Nate Dogg all day today. RIP homie, you will be missed…
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love all the artists on here like fab, but dont get the big deal with nate dogg. dude was wack, only sang pretty much. hip hop belongs in new york ill stand by that all day.
your an ignorant motherfucker arent you faggot, nate dogg was the go to guy for hooks before that fake ass auto tune bullshit, RIP Nate Dogg you’ll always be remembered homie
As much as I like SOME of the hip hop from New York, Fuck New York. Bunch of ignorant jackasses. Nate Dogg was a legend and was and will always be the king of the hook in hip hop. Go suck some more dead Biggie cock you punk ass bitch.
YOU BITCH ASS NIGGA!! IT AIN’T GOT SHIT TO DO WITH HIP HOP STANDING IN NEW YORK BITCH. IT’S PLENTY ARTISTS WORLDWIDE DOING THIS SHIT WE CALL HIP HOP!! AND NATE DOGG WAS ONE OF THE BEST TO DO IT, AND PIONEER THIS SHIT. DON’T FORGET THAT.. R.I.P NATE.. AND TO THIS PUSSY THAT SAID THAT NATE WAS WACK, GO GET A CHECK UP WITH YOUR RETARDED ASS.. YOU GOT TO BE THAT IF YOU EVER SAY NATE WAS WACK YOU NO PUSSY GETTING MUFUCKA!!!
hiphop belongs in new york??? READ THIS SHIT!! remember when Tim Dog was dissing the west for their “gangsta rap”..now everybody in new york is doing gangsta rap.remember when biggie said “sell records like snoop”..remember when 2pac said “out here in california we’ll bomb on you niggas”..”westside till i die”..like dre said “we started this gangsta shit and this the mothafuckin thanks we get?”..nate dogg wasnt just a hook man..listen to “aint no fun”..his verse was the craziest
What the fuck is Shade Sheist talking about? The industry had been good to Nate Dogg. While he didn’t have alot of solo albums, he was on alot of other people’s songs, plus for awhile there, he was the go to guy for hooks before there was a T Pain.
You shut Your Fuckn mouth . never bring T-Pain on to Nate Doggs Level bitchh
I AIN’T TALKING TO YOU SPANK IM TALKING TO THIS JJSTEEZ MUFUCKA AT THE TOP!!!! NATE WACK? BITCH GO LISTEN TO G FUNK CLASSICS, MUSIC AND ME, AND NATE DOGG THE ALBUM!!! HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT THE HOMEY… FUCKBOY!!
RIP Nate Dogg! I grew up listening this dude. If he was on it, it was almost guaranteed to be a classic! Nate set the standard for hooks and no one has ever come close to him. A lot of these younger cats dont know about him but hes one of the only artists to work with almost all the hiphop heavy-weights in the last 17yrs. Regulators!
completely agree! RIP TO NATE DOG!! luda is right there is gonna be a void in hip hop that can never be replaced.
Looks like God finally got his lead vocal for that choir in Heaven. RIP TO A HIP HOP LEGEND, AND THE BEST HOOK MAN, AND ONE OF THE BEST SONG WRITERS. REST IN PEACE NATE D O DOUBLE..
Big ass co-sign right there man. Straight talk.
No replacing Snoop,Pac,Dre,Cube,Eazy,D.O.C… BUT Realllly no replacin Nate.Always held it down.Didnt have lottA haterz cuzz he was just so cool n never changed.Bank on him for every hook or song he ever did.Just glad he in no more pain and gettin attention that long over due for him.. NoBody did it better
Damn who else is gonna sing hooks and still be manly doing it. Let’s be real sometimes guys like Akon and Usher come off as pussy beggars, but Nate always came off manly whenever he did a hook
a true legend of hip hop, RIP
Easier to say rip then to step up and pay medical bills when the man was alive. Warren g had to come and ask fans for cash, thats embarrasing for heavy hitters like dre and cube. And now they cant even be bothered to express their condolenses.
Real talk homie…
I agree 100%, its a fucking shame dude
Funny how dudes wasn’t sayin shit when Nate was up in the hospital. Or how nobody backed the dude up when he needs his hospital bills paid. But as soon as he passes, all yall niggas be talkin about how you done a song with him. Fuck yall, fake industry bitches. Nate didn’t need any yall. Warren G tried real hard to raise money for this nigga, but yall talk a lot of shit in all yall videos about how you got money, but yall aint say or pay shit. And fuck you Snoop, you aint a G no mo fucking bitch ass sellout. Funny how Dre and Cube aint say shit. Nate Dogg, NOBODY DOES IT BETTER.
Fuck the industry
bitch ass snoop dogg didnt help nate dogg when nate needed to pay his medical bills. bitch ass dr. dre is the most selfish muthasucka, if it wasnt for NATE DOGG, Dre will of never perfected the G Funk sound. FUck all westcoast artist who never helped nate dogg out, and fuck everyone who he collaborated with because nobody helped nate dogg when he was in the hospital. hip hop is nothing but niggas in shiny suits just waitin for another to fall. rip nate dogg
People mistake the loyalty artists have when they’re making money together with real life loyalty. And remember too that most of those Death Row artists really didn’t like each other. They pretended to be united because of one thing… Money, well and fear that Suge would have them killed.
R.I.P. Nate Dogg.
Hes with pac in heaven now. West Coast 4 life