Skate, also known as Skate Maloley and Sk8 (born Nathan Montgomery Maloley on January 17, 1995), is an American

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, songwriter, and music producer from

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Early life

Skate was born in

. He is of

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heritage. He has two siblings, Kaylan and Stewart. Growing up, Skate had a passion for sports and music. He played for the basketball team at

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. Skate attributes his interest in hip hop to a

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concert he attended as a freshman in high school. After graduating from high school, Skate went on to play basketball at

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. Shortly after, Skate left the sports arena and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2015 to focus on music.

Career

Music

Skate premiered his debut single ''Little Bit'' in the 2015 film,

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featuring YouTube star

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and actress Elizabeth Keener. Amidst other single releases, Skate has released four full-length album mixtapes: ''Twenty-Fifteen'', ''Maloski'', ''Skaterade'', and ''Late 2 The Party''. Skate's earliest songs were collaborations with childhood friend Sammy Wilk (born Samuel Wilkinson) under the monikers Young Skate & Sammy and also Sammy & Skate. The two released several tracks together, including a collaboration with DJ Rupp titled ''Where Art Thou'', which, to date, has accumulated more than a million plays on YouTube.

Touring

In early 2016, Skate embarked upon his first-ever headlining tour to promote his mixtape ''Skaterade''. The tour traveled across 15 US cities, beginning in San Francisco, and ending in a sold-out show at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California. As of 2016, Skate has performed on stage with the likes of

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, Derek Luh, Sammy Wilk, and others.

Webster Hall Incident

During a show date at New York City's

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for the Skaterade Tour, Skate got into an altercation with Gerard McNamee from the venue's security team, which turned into a brawl between the guards and Skate's tour companions. As well as the audience. Due to the gravity of the situation, the show in

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the following night was canceled. The incident received press coverage from publications including

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, and others. Skate then released a track via

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a few days after eponymously titled ''Webster Hall''.

References

External links

Official website
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