BIOGRAPHY - NATE MUSIC

ALL ABOUT NATE

Hip-hop over the past three decades has touched the heart & minds of many people globally. It’s influences are projected across the planet as an art form that not only touches political & social awareness but has also effected the way we walk, talk, dress & think in such a vast world of difference, it has stood out amongst many musical genres as an urban perspective of life & a poetic way of portraying what one experiences & how one feels.

Over the years it’s influences have managed to fuse amongst, reggae, rock, classical, mainstream pop, alternative, electro, jazz & experimental musical platforms. As a strong but yet diverse way of an outlook on life, hip-hop is now a way of life & is here to stay.

For this artist the latter of the last statement is true, yes, Nate is here to stay.

A 27-year-old male who was raised in South East London whose love for the art form reigns pertinent. Nate is the middle child of five siblings whose love for emcing & Dj-ing have been with him from his teenage years. Growing up within his immediate household he listened to various musical genres until the age of 14 when his love for ‘house & garage’ grew immensely. Listening to pirate radio stations, Nate was influenced by artists such as Pay As You Go, Nasty Crew, Roll Deep, Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Durrty Goodz & Heartless Crew.

At the age of 16 Nate saved up his pocket money to invest in a pair of second hand belt drive decks. Perfecting his ability to use the decks & become a DJ, Nate would practice for many hours in his bedroom to advance his craft. He attended Dj-ing workshops in a Woolwich youth club known as Simba twice a week & experimented with hip-hop records working on timing, chopping & scratching.

Eventually Nate would then move forward to not only DJ-ing but also writing grime bars with double timing & experimenting with his flows over instrumentals. In time his immediate interest in grime music came to a stand still & his love for lyricism stood out through hip-hop.

Two years after, a hip-hop trio was formed with Nate & his two other emcees that happened to be close friends of his. The name of the group was known as ‘Team Spirit’, which stood for ‘Together, Everyone, Achieves, More” & “Spiritual, People, Initiate, Realms, Inside, Themselves”.

Experimenting with production on tracks, writing & free styling added to their skills as individual artists & as a collective. Over the years building a catalog of tracks & doing performances, Nate’s interest & love for hip-hop grew & showed through the music made.With progression in mind Nate wanted to further his interests as an artist by collaborating, networking, & participating in open mic sessions across London. Nate attended a number of hip-hop events & through networking linked up with The People’s Army, a group of emcees pushing a positive & political message.

As time went on Nate would feature on tracks with artists such as Bluey Robinson, Manic, English Frank, Mic Righteous, Lowkey, Logic, Mike GLC, Mohammmad Yahya, Non-Applicable, Cyclonious, Skriblah Dan Goth, Tenchoo The Assassin, Jai, KingPin, Jah Mirikle, Genesis Elijah, BigCakes, Lexi, Big Frizz, Dark Matter, Jalex, Raggo Zulu Rebel, JayJayBorn2Sing, Amy True, Tony As, Mr Kamara, Jimmy Jitsu, Sin-Seer, Reena, KayoSoul, Guiltz, Leddie & Smoggy, OneWish, Awate, Big Ben, SuperNova, EthNeezy, & Solomon just to name a few.

Progressively making tracks, having clear concepts & a passionate drive, he would eventually release his first mixtape, “Life & Lyrics”. Released on Christmas Day 2010 & has amassed over 1,500 downloads worldwide. “Life & Lyrics” would set the standard for Nate within the music scene and is arguably he’s best mixtape yet. Nate dropped “Building”, his first official music video on December 1st 2010, teaming up with GlobalFaction who have natural talent for capturing authentic visuals for track. Rapping alongside Dark Matter & Cyclonious, they created an anthem for the hip-hop scene. To date Building has over 20,000 views on youtube. On 1st January 2011 Nate teamed up again with GlobalFaction once again to shoot “Just Me”, debatably one of Nate’s best tracks yet, hitting a personal record of 28,000 views.