Nate Dogg

is an American rapper who verbally portrays himself in him and Warren G's breakthrough single "". The song tells the story of him and Warren G in Long Beach, California, where Warren is out looking for girls and finds himself in danger, and Nate Dogg finds Warren and saves him. At the end of the song, the two rappers inaugurate G-Funk as part of the . The music video received heavy rotation on MTV when it came out in the spring of 1994, yet it has no relation to the story told in the song. 
== Synopsis ==
Nate Dogg drives to the east side of Long Beach, California, looking for Warren G, who is there looking for women. Nate Dogg drives by a car that happens to be full of women who all display immediate interest in him due to his fame and wealth. While he is being followed, Nate Dogg puts his friend in higher priority than the women, so he swerves to get away from them. The driver of the ladies' car is so fixated on Nate that she hits the curb. Nate then finds Warren G being held against a wall by some people that are robbing him. Being held with guns to his head, Warren laments that he is about to die, until he sees Nate Dogg. Nate shoots at the robbers, dispersing them with seventeen bullets, and allegedly killing all of them. Warren is thankful for Nate saving him, and is impressed when he shows him the girls that he left at the curb. Nate Dogg and Warren G take the girls, who gladly accept their help, to the Eastside Motel, where they presumably get laid. 
== Analysis ==
A regulator is someone who prevents the taking of one's possessions and has some sort of expertise in combat with firearms. 
In the line "Nate Dogg and Warren G had to regulate", he is giving Warren G equal credit for regulating even though Nate Dogg is the one doing all the regulating in this story. He is either being generous to his friend, or Warren must've helped him after being rescued. Regardless, Nate Dogg is portrayed as being much more successful than Warren G, who is portrayed as being "soft", and despite this, Nate Dogg is always looking out for him. In spite of his illegal activities, this song shows that Nate Dogg is a friend that's enviable to have. 
The word "cold" in the sentence "Nate Dogg is about to make some bodies turn cold" is censored out of the song in the music video. Many agreed with music magazine Spin that MTV was being racist by censoring this sentence, since white music artists like Johnny Cash have more explicit lyrics that are not censored, showing that black music artists like Nate Dogg can't say as much without being silenced.
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