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Nick Pate (musician)
Nick Pate (born 18 February 1994) is an international singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Nick Pate mysteriously uploaded a Robyn Rihanna Fenty inspired album on Youtube called Monari Pate back in February of 2018 where he built a loyal fanbase.

Early Life
Nicolas Triere Pate was born February 18 1994, in Lauringburg, North Carolina.His mother Mary Pate, is a retired paralegal with a criminal justice background and his dad,Stevie Pate is maintenance man. Nick Pate has two brothers, Mike and Steve jr, a twin sister Nikole and two step-sisters on his Father side. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in a four bedroom apartment where he played basketball to pass the time. During childhood, Nick was a child prodigy and teachers considered him a genius. At age of five, he was awarded a scholarship to attend St. John the Evangelist in Hapeville, Ga, which is a private school for 'elite' students. He soon proved he was top of the class. It lasted three years before he was kicked out due to unknown reasons. He soon found himself back in the inner city that was filled with crime, drugs, and poverty where he found his love for basketball. Nick played basketball everyday at Charles A. Green recreational center in East point, Ga where the owner Ms. step used to open the gym early for him and his brother to play basketball before it was closed down. Nick was soon introduced to Quaadirah Abdur- Rahim through a teacher at school, which is the sister of basketball star Shareef Adbur Rahim. He soon found himself in their Future Foundation program where they took in at risk youth. The pair was so impressed by skills on the basketball courts that they even paid for his basketball dues while teaching him life skills.Nick went to Mundy Mill High School where the head basketball coach ruined his dream of making it to the Nba by not putting him on the team his senior year because of bias toward other players. Nick started back focusing on his grades where he eventually received at scholarship to Clayton State University where he found love for music.

College Life
Freshman Year, is where nick first learned to produce and write music. He took his refund checks and spend it on music equipment  and eventually built a mini studio out of his best friend dorm room.Nick financial struggled his whole time in college where he found himself homeless and had to live out of different friends dorm room.In college is where he made his first mixtape Nobody seem to notice and passed it out at the college. His senior year in college was one of his hardest years ever where he was determined to get out of poverty. Nick worked three jobs his senior year to pay for school and to support his new found music dream. Nick and his roommates would get so high that he would record months at a time and missed a lot classes due to their habit. He was never drug free, but still managed to graduate on time in the class of 2016 with a degree in Business Administration and major in marketing.