Born and raised in West Oakland’s notorious Acorn housing projects Shady Nate spent his youth surrounded by violence, drug dealings, and robberies. At the age of five Shady Nate would begin writing his thoughts and daily experiences down in a journal. These entries soon became full length poems and eventually would become the classic lyrics he raps today. After entering High School Shady Nate met and formed a friendship with his now longtime friend and mentor Lil Dame. Lil Dame who was also an aspiring rapper began teaching Nate the skills necessary to properly write lyrics and create full length songs. Growing up in the nineties provided Shady Nate with a classic soundtrack of music from such artists as Too Short, The Luniz and 3x Crazy. The independent business sense each of these artists possessed also served as a business model Shady Nate would implement later on in life when he launched his own record label Livewire Records.

After the release of his mix tape with DJ Fresh, Shady Nate would go on to appear on a number of LiveWire releases all of which on average sold at least five thousand copies. Most recently he released his “The Bofessional” Mix Tape which was considered his best Mix Tape yet and outsold all of his previous releases. After the release of “The Bofessional” Mix Tape Shady Nate dropped his debut solo album “The Gasman Unleashed” in June of 2009. Dubbed a West Coast classic “The Gasman Unleashed” has cemented Shady Nate’s place in the West Coast music industry as a consistent artist who with each new release sets the bar that much higher for his fellow artists.

With gasoline laced lyrics and an ever growing fan base Shady Nate has lit the match and he will not stop burning through the music industry until the whole world is consumed by his music.

http://www.myspace.com/shadylivewire

http://twitter.com/SHADY28Nate