US West Coast hip hop artist Nate Dogg has died aged 41. Born Nathaniel Hale, the Long Beach California based Original Gangsta is not believed to have been gunned down in a drive by like many of his contemporaries, rather he had been in ill health for some time, suffering several strokes in recent years. He was best known for his 90s duet with Warren G, ‘Regulate’.

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