Pip Skid

Pip Skid
Pip Skid performing at the 2007 Ellice Street Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Background information
Born	Brandon, Manitoba
Origin	Vancouver
Genres	Hip hop
Labels	Peanuts & Corn Records

Patrick Skene, known professionally as Pip Skid and Wicked Nut, is a Canadian rapper and writer, and one of the most active creative artists at the Vancouver-based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn. Skid is known for his distinctive gravel-throated vocals.

Skid grew up in Brandon, Manitoba.

In the early 1990s Skid was a co-founder of Canadian hip hop group Farm Fresh, and recorded an EP and three albums with that group. He was also a member of other crews such as Fermented Reptile, Hip Hop Weiners, Taking Care of Business, and Break Bread.

In 2004 Skid's album Funny Farm was released; it hit #32 on the combined charts. His single "Alone Again" from this album Funny Farm was played in rotation on the Much Music network.

In 2005 Skid and fellow rapper mcenroe released an album, Funny Farm 2 which hit #3 on the hip hop charts. Skid's 2010 album Skid Row peaked at #4 on the Canadian Hip Hop charts on May 1, 2010.