Skee-Lo
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Antoine Roundtree (born March 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Skee-Lo, is an American rapper best known for his 1995 song "I Wish", which became a hit in several countries and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Los Angeles
- Active from
- 1975-03-27
Discography
- I Wish1995
- Top of the Stairs1995
- I Wish1995
- I Can’t Stop2001
- I Wish (Aqua Ski Mix)2006
- Fresh Ideas2012
- Slow Down – EP2024
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Skee-Lo (born Antoine Roundtree) is a rapper who gained popularity in the mid-1990s. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and raised in Riverside, California and is best known for the self-deprecating 1995 hit single "I Wish", for which he is credited toward introducing the term "baller" into popular culture. It is his only top 40 single. Both the single and the album it appears on were certified gold by the RIAA in 1995. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Skee-Lo">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Musical artist.name
- Skee-Lo
- Musical artist.alias
- Tha Skee-lo
- Musical artist.image
- Skee-Lo 03 (cropped).jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Skee-Lo performing at Seattle Hempfest in 2010
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Antoine Roundtree
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Musical artist.origin
- Riverside, California, U.S.
- Musical artist.genre
- Hip-hop
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoine
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- rapper
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- freshideasmusic.com
- Image
- Skee-Lo 14.jpg
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- Skee-Lo
- date of birth
- 1973-03-05
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- pseudonym
- Skee-Lo
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Antoine Roundtree (born March 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Skee-Lo, is an American rapper best known for his 1995 song "I Wish", which became a hit in several countries and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was known for its lack of explicit lyrics at a time when gangsta rap was very popular. His debut album of the same title was released shortly thereafter, earning him two Grammy nominations for both the album and single. Afterwards, he stopped his rapping career before coming back to release a new album in 2000 and another in 2012.
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