He had three sisters and was the only son of Warren Griffin Jr., an airplane mechanic, and Ola, a dietician. Warren Griffin III was born on November 10, 1970, in Long Beach, a city in California's Los Angeles County. In 2017, "Regulate", platinum since 1994, went 2x multi-platinum, propelled by digital downloads. II, an EP featuring archived recordings of Nate Dogg, who died in 2011. In the 2010s, he experienced a resurgence in popularity amid the digital age. His next two albums, 2005's In the Mid-Nite Hour and then 2009's The G Files, released independently, were self-produced and escaped popular notice.
His 2001 comeback attempt, The Return of the Regulator, failed to reach his earlier heights despite a star-studded collaborator list, and he was criticized for undermining from his strengths by trying to exceed them. Both Take a Look Over Your Shoulder and his next album, I Want It All, were certified gold, the last of his albums to attain certification. Three songs from his second album, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder, reached the Top 40, as did his 1998 duet with Nate Dogg, " Nobody Does It Better". "Regulate" spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with three weeks at No. G Funk Era, was certified 3x multi-platinum. Dre, he introduced him to Snoop Dogg, who was later signed by him. A pioneer of G-funk, he attained mainstream success with the 1994 single " Regulate", a duet with Nate Dogg.
Along with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, he formed the hip-hop trio 213, named for Long Beach's area code. Warren Damonte Griffin III (born November 10, 1970), known professionally as Warren G, is an American rapper and producer known for his role in West Coast rap's 1990s ascent.