Editing Nate Dogg (section)

{{Short description|American singer (1969–2011)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Redirect|Nathaniel Hale|other uses|Nathan Hale (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the American singer|the Canadian ice hockey player sometimes known by the same moniker|Nathan MacKinnon}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Nate Dogg
| image              = Nate-Dogg-2006.jpg
| caption            = Nate Dogg in 2006
| birth_name         = Nathaniel Dwayne Hale
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1969|8|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S.
| alias              = 
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2011|3|15|1969|8|19}}
| death_place        = Long Beach, California, U.S.
| education          = [[Long Beach Polytechnic High School]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|rapper|songwriter}}
| years_active       = 1990–2008
| spouse             = 
| children           = 9
| relatives          = {{ubl|
* [[Butch Cassidy (rapper)|Butch Cassidy]] (cousin)
* [[Snoop Dogg]] (cousin)
* Clinton Meckiory 
}}
| works              = [[Nate Dogg discography]]
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[G-funk]]|[[West Coast hip-hop]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]|Breakaway|Dogg Foundation|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|Love & Happiness|Nate Dogg, Inc.}}
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
* [[213 (group)|213]]
* [[Tha Dogg Pound#D.P.G.C.|D.P.G.C.]]
}}
}}
}}

'''Nathaniel Dwayne Hale''' (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), known professionally as '''Nate Dogg''', was an American singer and rapper. He gained recognition for providing guest vocals on several hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning him the nickname "[[Honorific nicknames in popular music|King of Hooks]]".<ref name=":0">Garth Cartwright, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/16/nate-dogg-obituary "Nate Dogg obituary"], ''[[The Guardian]]'' (UK), March 16, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/nate-doggs-elaborate-new-headstone-honors-the-late-king-of-hooks-9326820/|title=Nate Dogg's Elaborate New Headstone Honors the Late 'King of Hooks'|first=Heran|last=Mamo|website=Billboard.com|date=March 2, 2020|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>

Hale began his career in 1990 as a member of [[213 (group)|213]], a hip-hop trio formed with his cousin [[Snoop Dogg]] and friend [[Warren G]].<ref name=":0" /> Hale guest appeared on the latter's 1994 single "[[Regulate (song)|Regulate]]", which peaked at number two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and was nominated for [[Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]] at the [[37th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name=":1">John Bush, [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nate-dogg-mn0000373592/biography "Nate Dogg: Biography"], ''[[AllMusic.com]]'', Netaktion LLC, visited April 24, 2020.</ref><ref>[[Joel Whitburn]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=EW9RsB0a0oAC&pg=PA9 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits]'', 9th edn. (New York: [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown Publishing]], 2010), [https://books.google.com/books?id=EW9RsB0a0oAC&pg=PA462&dq=Nate+Dogg p 462].</ref> Hale would soon become a fixture in the [[West Coast hip-hop]] genre, frequently collaborating with [[Dr. Dre]], Snoop Dogg, and [[Xzibit]] in the 1990s; his deep vocals became sought after for [[Hook (music)|hook]]s, and he began working with other artists throughout the 2000s, such as [[Eminem]], [[50 Cent]], [[Fabolous]], [[Mos Def]], and [[Ludacris]]. As a featured artist, Hale performed on 16 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart entries, which includes his appearance on the number one-single "[[21 Questions]]" by [[50 Cent]]. Hale also guest appeared on the singles "[[The Next Episode]]" by [[Dr. Dre]], as well as "[['Till I Collapse]]" and "[[Shake That]]" by Eminem. Hale released three studio albums, as well as a string of moderately successful singles as a primary artist in the 1990s.