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Saturday February 9, 2008
The Guardian


In December 19th 2007, silky-voiced G-Funk legend Nate Dogg was feeling a bit peaky. Tapes that have subsequently emerged online detail a woman - apparently his girlfriend - making what can only be described as the most laidback emergency call of all time. Sounding disturbingly like she's gazing out of a window while twirling her hair, she tells the operator that she suspects Snoop Dogg's cousin has had a heart attack. As the man behind Regulate and the ribald group-sex classic Ain't No Fun (If My Homies Can't Have None), Nate personified one of rap's high watermarks, his smooth, gospel-tinged voice livening up many a lumpen west coast beat. He was later announced to have suffered a stroke, aged just 38.