Quick Hit: I Wish Someone Would Tell Me What Happened to Skee-Lo

Skee-lo - I wish

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I know there are like seven people in the world who have recently thought to themselves, "Hey, I wonder whatever happened to Skee-Lo?", but since all seven of them are citizens of RefinedHype Nation, myself included....it turns out the man got screwed by his label, got disillusioned and gave up music:

“I retired five months after it was released,” Skee-Lo says, drinking coffee at the Denny’s on Crenshaw and 37th, a few blocks from the home he shares with his wife and two children. “Not only did my label [Sunshine] take credit for producing ‘I Wish,’ they took all the profits. So I refused to shoot any more videos, promote or record music. I’m not their slave. I wasn’t working for free.”

The LA Times has the full run down with Skee-Lo, which me and six other people will really enjoy reading. The crazy part is I remember (white) adults circa '95 actually saying, "now why can't all rappers be nice like that guy?" Ah, memories.