Rypro 525

I saw his name trending on twitter,and went to check and this was one of the top tweets. Rip. Was a fan of his

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci...472?source=rss
LONG BEACH — Nathaniel D. Hale, known in the music industry as Nate Dogg, died Tuesday, his family announced.

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.

kstublen

Man, that's too bad. I was a big fan. Loved his album, Music & Me, and he was always great as a featured artist.

dsa_shea

RIP Nate!

kstublen

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DonnachaOne

Hold up.

When I was a kid in Ireland, you didn't hear much rap on the radio; something as sterile as "Boom! Shake the Room" was as far as the DJs would usually go. Somehow, Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate" managed to get regular airplay after 10pm, albeit with a mix that kept Michael McDonald's choruses from "I Keep Forgetting". It became a firm favorite of mine, and years later I still know every last lyric - but for the love of God, don't embarrass the pair of us by asking me to sing it.

RIP Nate Dogg.

JumpCutz

"He's a dead mutherfucker now"

RIP Nathaniel Dogg

EdTheRipper

Too bad...41 is way too young.

Dan

I thought you'd quote the one you RT'd...

bootsy

Man this guy was the king of hooks on rap songs. Instantly recognizable voice. RIP.

Jam Master Jay

Damn real shocking considering how young he was, Regulate was required listening coming up and helped introduce me to hip hop all together. Some of my favorite songs have hooks by him. RIP

Rypro 525

lol, that was from this morning though.

kstublen

I should've posted this one as well, although his contribution wasn't as prominent it seems appropriate...

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dsa_shea

Listening to some Regulate right now in his honor. It's too bad that we will not hear his smooth hooks on any future releases. Damn!

Kory

RIP and all that, but I'd hardly consider Nate Dogg a rapper.

DGibFen

May your next stop be the Eastside Motel with a car full of girls and things going real swell.

FantasticVSDoom

"Its the G-Funk era funked out with a gangsta twist..." Just read this...RIP ND

Mondo Kane

c/s

RIP, nonetheless. Two strokes at 41? Man...

Boba Fett

Not to disrespect the guy's memory, but am I the only one who feels while he had a presence in rap up until his stroke, that the height of his strongest relevance was the early to mid 90s?

kstublen

No, you're not. The G-Funk Era was Nate Dogg in his prime; appearances with Warren G, 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, etc. But he had later successes with other artists, namely Eminem and 50 Cent. The music he made and contributed to during the early to mid '90s was great, and a lack of relevance later in his career doesn't diminish his earlier contributions.

His album, Music & Me, was great though, and that was released in 2001.

Boba Fett

Yeah, I was just wondering what others thought. I made the comment tonight to some people about his heyday and they acted like I was an idiot and tried to pass off his stuff with Ludacris and Eminem as the pinnacle of his career.

Still a great loss, as he was a one-of-a-kind figure.

Josh-da-man

That's pretty standard for rap, isn't it? They'll be hot and crossover into the mainstream for a bit, then fade back into the genre or go into something else like acting.

The Bus

"Keep It G.A.N.G.S.T.A." is sick.



Nate Dogg's so smooth ladies don't mind his misogyny.

islandclaws

I'm no longer the hip-hop fan I was in high school, but his voice was prominent during my formative years. "Regulate" takes me way back. And 41 is far too young to go.

redrum

tecHouse

R.i.p.