Nate Dogg's Cause of Sudden Death Revealed

Rapper Nate Dogg, 41, died on Tuesday as a result of complications from multiple strokes.

The death of the four-time Grammy nominee was unexpected. On Wednesday, Attorney Mark Geragos told the Associate Press the cause of death, which stems from a stroke suffered by Nate (real name, Nathaniel D. Hale) in 2007. Hale was left partially paralyzed, and in 2008, he had another stroke.

Friends of Hale said he had made great progress in his recovery. Rod McGrew, friend and manager, told TMZ that Nate had recovered his memory and was fully alert.

"We appreciate the enormous outpouring of response from all over the world,” McGrew said in a statement of support. “We greatly appreciate that and thank everyone for their prayers… We know that Nate will be hanging out with his good friends 2Pac and Biggie."

Other rappers and stars took to Twitter, like Snoop Dogg who worked with Nate in the early 90’s rap group 213.

“I am so sad but so happy I got to grow up wit u and I will c u again n heaven cuz u know d slogan,” Snoop tweeted.