Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician. He is noted for his membership of rap trio 213 and his solo career in which he collaborated with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Warren G, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg on many hit releases. Nate Dogg released three solo albums, G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998, Music and Me in 2001 and Nate Dogg in 2003. Nate Dogg died in 2011 in Long Beach, California of complications from multiple strokes. Nate Dogg was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He moved to Long Beach, California when he was 14 following his parents' divorce. He was the friend and partner in the rap game with rapper, Warren G, RBX, Daz Dillinger and was the 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. At the age of 16 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach and left home to join the United States Marine Corps, serving for three years. In 1990, Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg, and their friend Warren G, formed a rap trio called 213. 213
3 Years after Nate Dogg's death, his family is waging war over the sale of the late rapper's Pomona home.According to court docs -- obtained by TMZ -- the estate administrator agreed to sell the… READ MORE >
D.P.G. ... the sequel??? It's possible ... so says Snoop Dogg's football star son who tells TMZ Sports he's open to the idea of taking a football scholarship to the same school as Nate Dogg's kid.… READ MORE >
Nate Dogg's high school football star son Naijiel Hale is gonna be a Husky ... 'cause he officially accepted a full-scholarship to the University of Washington, TMZ Sports has learned. Naijiel --… READ MORE >
Two of Nate Dogg's baby mamas are trading legal blows over child support payments ... with one trying to block the other's attempt to get more money from his estate ... TMZ has… READ MORE >
Bad time to ask Nate Dogg for child support ... he's dead.A woman named Shereda Williams -- one of Nate's multiple baby mamas -- just filed a creditor's claim against Nate's estate, claiming it… READ MORE >
Nate Dogg's kids are jumping for joy -- all because their stepmom and grandmother called it quits on their highly contested battle to control the late rapper's estate ... TMZ has learned. We broke… READ MORE >
Nate Dogg's kids are 100% against having their grandmother or their stepmother in charge of their late father's estate ... so says Dogg's daughter. As TMZ first reported, when the rapper died in… READ MORE >
Rapper Nate Dogg had 6 kids, no will, and $200,000 in real estate to his name when he died last year ... and now a lawyer's been named to divvy up his assets.In probate documents filed yesterday… READ MORE >
Nate Dogg isn't letting a little thing like death keep him away from Coachella this weekend -- sources tell TMZ, the rapper will be making a very special guest appearance on stage ... in the form… READ MORE >
A 5-minute sex tape featuring the late Nate Dogg and an unidentified female lover has surfaced ... and it's being shopped to various media outlets ... TMZ has learned. We've seen the tape -- shot… READ MORE >
