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Nat haniel Findley, bet t er known by his st age nam e
Shady Nat e, is an Am er ican rapper f r om Oakland.
He is CEO and Founder of Shady Nat ion. He is also
m em ber of t he gr oups Da Heavy Hit t er z, The Go
Boyz aka Pot of Gold, Livewir e & Livewir e Da Gang.
Shady Nat e was bor n on Oct ober 17,1981 and raised
in t he Acor n Housing Pr oject s of West Oakland,
Calif or nia wher e violence, r obber ies, and dr ug
dealing cont inuously occur r ed ar ound him , he
would begin t o wr it e t hese incident s down in a
jour nal. They becam e poem s which Shady Nat e
would lat er rap in his songs. His inf luences include
The Luniz, Too Shor t & 3X Crazy. Af t er spending lot s
of t im e in t he r ecor ding st udi