PATE — Houston artist looking up from behind DJ decks
PATE playing guitar at the mic
Texas country road at dusk — stormy sky
PATE at the mic

"Country roads,
concrete,
and 808s."

Houston 072 — SWAT Nation

Houston slab culture — candy paint on a wet night
PATE in the studio
Acoustic guitar strings close-up
Overstimulated — single art
Cowboy boot at sunset horizon
PATE at the mic with blue studio light
Houston 072 highway at night

Album — 2024

Growing Up in the 072

S.W.A.T. Nation

Recording studio mixing console

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The Culture That Made Him

Clubs, Saloons
& Dance Halls

PATE didn't pick his sound off a playlist. He lived it — two-stepping at Wild West on a Friday, then crossing town to Club 6400 before the night was over. Houston was the only city where you could do that. Country floors and hip-hop floors in the same zip code, the same night, the same people.

Houston · 1994 & 1995

Back. To. Back.

Two NBA Championships. Two summers where all of Houston poured into the streets — Rockets jerseys, car horns, strangers hugging like family. Hakeem Olajuwon made this city believe anything was possible. For a kid growing up in the 072, those nights weren’t just sports. They were proof that Houston was something special — and so were the people in it.

That same energy — crew-first, city-proud, built from the ground up — lives in every track PATE makes.

Houston fans flooding the streets after the Rockets won the NBA Championship Houston Streets · Championship Night
Hakeem Olajuwon celebrating at the 1995 NBA Championship parade Hakeem · 1995 Parade
Houston Rockets 1994 championship fans celebrating 1994 · First Title
SWAT Nation neon mural on Houston brick wall

Southwest Alief  ·  072  ·  Independent

Houston Born. No Walls Between the Sounds.

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Houston Radio

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Houston is one of the few cities where Country and Hip-Hop share the same culture. PATE lives at that intersection.

PATE

The Artist

Houston Born.
Two Worlds Fused.

PATE comes out of Houston's 072, carrying the South's full weight — country roads, concrete, the late nights in the booth. His sound refuses to pick a lane. It's twang-soaked storytelling cut with trap rhythm and Houston swagger, built for people who know that life doesn't fit a single genre.

Repping SWAT Nation, PATE moves independently with a crew-first mentality. Growing Up in the 072 is the statement.

Houston 072 SWAT Nation Country × Hip-Hop Independent

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