Nathaniel Hale

Nate Dogg
Nate Dogg in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Nathaniel Dwayne Hale
Born	(1969-08-19)August 19, 1969 Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.
Origin	Eastside, Long Beach, California, U.S.
Died	March 15, 2011(2011-03-15) (aged 41) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Genres	G-funk hip hop West Coast hip hop Gangsta rap Hip hop soul R&B
Occupation(s)	Rapper singer actor
Years active	1991–2011
Labels	Death Row Elektra Doggystyle Atlantic
Associated acts	213 2Pac Dr. Dre Eminem Shade Sheist Game Tha Dogg Pound Xzibit Obie Trice Warren G Westside Connection Thug Life 50 Cent Snoop Dogg Ice Cube MC Ren

Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American rapper, singer, and actor. He was known as one of the pioneers of West Coast hip hop. He was noted for his membership in rap trio 213 and his solo career in which he collaborated with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Warren G, Tupac Shakur, Westside Connection, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Xzibit, and Shade Sheist on many hit releases. He released three solo albums, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998, Music & Me in 2001, and Nate Dogg as a bootlegged album in 2003 and on CD in 2014.

Nate Dogg died in 2011 in Long Beach, California, of complications from multiple strokes.

Nathaniel Dwayne Hale was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on August 19, 1969. He moved to Long Beach, California when he was 14 following his parents' divorce. He was friends with rappers Warren G, RBX, and Daz Dillinger and cousin of Butch Cassidy, Snoop Dogg, and Lil' ½ Dead. He began singing as a child in the New Hope Baptist Church in Long Beach and Life Line Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi where his father Daniel Lee Hale was pastor and his mother Ruth Holmes was leading the choir. At the age of 17 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach and left home to join the US Marine Corps, serving for three years. He was an Ammunition specialist.