Snoop Dogg has paid tribute to the late, great Nate Dogg on what would have been his 54th birthday.
Tha Doggfather took to his Instagram page on Saturday (August 19) to wish a “Happy C Day” to his late cousin and collaborator, who died in 2011 at the age of 41.
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Snoop also posted a separate photo of the “Regulate” hitmaker being projected onto a screen behind him onstage during a performance on his and Wiz Khalifa‘s High School Reunion Tour.
Check out the two posts below.
On March 15, 2011, Nate Dogg (real name Nathaniel Hale) died of a variety of complications he’d endured after suffering a series of strokes in 2007 and 2008.
Though his left side was significantly weakened by the strokes, the Long Beach, California native did not suffer from cognitive impairments, nor did he suffer from any vocal impairments, so he continued to record his music as usual.
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While Snoop Dogg regularly pays tribute to his fallen comrade, he came under fire in 2020 by Nate Dogg’s son, Lil Nate Dogg, for comparing Ty Dolla $ign to his late father.
The Los Angeles-bred musician revealed Snoop had called him the “reincarnation” of Nate Dogg. Nate’s son apparently wasn’t feeling this sentiment and aired out his grievances on Instagram.
In one post, he shared the single art of Dr. Dre’s “Kush” featuring Snoop and Akon and wrote in the caption: “Y’all remember this song 9 years ago after my daddy died and n-ggas wanted @akon as a replacement so bad they didn’t even mention the whole Nate Dogg sound that’s in there. This is when I knew.”
Although Hale deleted the post, he declared in another, “ALL THIS SHIT DEAD” alongside a screenshot of an article about Snoop’s comments. He later elaborated in a third Instagram post: “Ty$ cold af and I like that n-gga sound. It was cool to compare him to my pops before y’all knew about me.
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“Coach Snoop can say what he want cause he the king, but he gone see. I can disagree cause that’s my daddy. I can prove the disagreement and still come correct. For the n-ggas in the back that don’t got a voice like this… shut yo old asses up.”
