Patrice Wilson
| Patrice Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Pato |
| Origin | Nigeria |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter, composer |
| Labels |
ARK Music Factory Pato Music World (PMW Live) |
| Associated acts | Clarence Jey |
Patrice Wilson is a Nigerian-American music producer, singer and songwriter. Wilson adopted the name Pato as a stage name for his various performances. He founded ARK Music Factory with Clarence Jey in 2010. While there he produced many songs, such as "Friday" sung by Rebecca Black which gained worldwide attention on YouTube.
In 2011, he established Pato Music World (PMW) after quitting ARK Music Factory.
Patrice Wilson was born in Nigeria. Wilson's father was a Nigerian chemical engineer and his mother an Irish British church minister He studied at Wilson Prep School, a Christian school his mother had established, and then Zamani College and Essence International School in Nigeria. Wilson's musical beginnings were when he sang in his mother's church and helped out with youth programs at school. Later, he attended school in Europe and trained in track and field events. He began touring as a backup singer with Malian-Slovak pop star Ibrahim Maiga. He is also known as Pato for his various performances as a rapper. He toured in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and many other Eastern European countries, and speaks fluent Slovak. He also appeared in performances on Slovak television stations as well as becoming an aspiring athlete training rigorously under the supervision of a professional Russian coach for a possible qualification for international track and fields events including the Summer Olympics representing Nigeria.
Wilson moved to the United States in 1999, where he took his flavor of Nigerian music, along with his style of music he had performed in Eastern Europe and combined it with new age hip-hop. He studied at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington before moving to Los Angeles in 2007 convinced that it was the place to be for music business. Under the name Pato, he also did modelling posing for various brands. He worked for a while trying to promote his own musical career before deciding to produce for other potential artists instead. He got married in 2008 to a Spokane-native woman who moved with him to California.
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