Guest Blogger: Nate 2

Nate dogg was born Nathaniel Dawayne Hale. He started singing in the New Hope Trinity Baptist Church gospel choir every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday where his father was the pastor. He moved back to Cali after ninth grade where he met up with his cousin Calvin Broadus (Snoop Dogg) and Warren Griffin III (Warren G). Nate dogg’ style of music would lean more toward rap than hip-hop. After making his first professional appearance on Dr. Dre's multi-platinum album called The Chronic, Nate was signed by Death Row in 1993. Nate completed his first album G-Funk Classics Vol.1 in 1996 and the first single, "Never Leave Me Alone", reached #40 on the Billboard charts. Nate’s music basically tells a story about his life from his childhood to the his time in the marines and from his first album. Nate dogg would most likely compare to tupac in a way because both of them grew up in the same era and their music was similar because they both composed songs about their life as kids and as they grew up it got more and more into the game. These are some lyrics from one of his songs with Warren G. “They got my homey hemmed up and they all around, ain't none of them seeing if they going straight pound for pound,They wanna come up real quick before they start to clown, I best pull out my strap and lay them busters down.” These lyrics are from the song named “Regulate” by Nate dogg and Warren G. I don’t agree with the critics when they say that Nate dogg is just another wanna be rapper that came from the hood. He was raised in the streets and got kicked out of school when he was 16. I think his music is very motivational and moving.