Nate Dogg

Hale gained recognition for providing guest vocals on several hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning the nickname "King of Hooks".

[3][4] 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 hooks, 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.

[10] He was stationed at Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Matériel Readiness Battalion of the 3rd Force Service Support Group, which supplied ammunition to most of the Pacific.

In July 1998, amid his departure from Death Row, the label released his double album, delayed about two years, G-Funk Classics, Vol.

Otherwise, his successful collaborations are numerous, including 2Pac's "All Bout U", Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode", Westside Connection's "Gangsta Nation", Mos Def's "Oh No", Fabolous' "Can't Deny It", Ludacris' "Area Codes", Kurupt's "Behind the Walls", Mark Ronson's "Ooh Wee", Houston's "I Like That", Eminem's "'Till I Collapse", "Never Enough", and "Shake That", and Mobb Deep's "Have a Party".

[24] On June 17, 2000, for allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend and setting her mother's car on fire in Lakewood, Hale was charged with kidnapping, domestic violence, terrorist threats, and arson.

[26] The charges were dismissed while he pleaded no contest to illegal gun possession by a felon,[24] and received a $1,000 fine and three years' probation.

[27] On April 12, 2002, a tour bus carrying Hale, while outside of Kingman, Arizona, was found with two pistols and four ounces of cannabis, whereby he was booked and then released on $3,500 bond.

[29] In July 2006, Hale was charged with misdemeanor aggravated trespassing, telephone harassment, battery assault, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, and breaking a restraining order.

[34] On March 15, 2011, Hale died at age 41 in Long Beach of complications of multiple strokes;[35] another, or contributing, suspected cause of death was congestive heart failure.

[36] A couple of years later, in 2015, Nate's other son, Nathaniel Jr., having adopted the stage name Lil Nate Dogg, released his own album, Son of a G.[citation needed] Naijiel would also begin to create music, adopting the stage name NHale, and released his debut studio album, Young OG, in 2020.