Pip Skid | |
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![]() Pip Skid performing at the 2007 Ellice Street Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Patrick Skene |
Genres | Canadian Abstract hip hop |
Labels | Peanuts & Corn Records |
Patrick Skene, known professionally as Pip Skid and Wicked Nut, is a Canadian rapper and writer, and one of the most active creative artists at the Vancouver & Winnipeg-based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn. [1] Skid is known for his distinctive gravel-throated vocals. [2]
In the early 1990s Skid was a co-founder of Canadian hip hop group Farm Fresh, [1] and recorded an EP and three albums with that group. He was also a member of other crews such as Fermented Reptile, Hip Hop Weiners, Taking Care of Business, and Break Bread. [3] [4]
In 2001 Skid took part in the Close To The Coast Festival in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. [5]
In 2004 Skid's album Funny Farm was released; it hit #32 [6] on the combined charts. His single "Alone Again" from this album Funny Farm was played in rotation on the Much Music network. [7]
In 2005 Skid and fellow rapper mcenroe released an album, Funny Farm 2 [8] which hit #3 [9] on the hip hop charts. Skid's 2010 album Skid Row peaked at #4 [10] on the Canadian Hip Hop charts on May 1, 2010.
Pip Skid | |
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![]() Pip Skid performing at the 2007 Ellice Street Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Patrick Skene |
Genres | Canadian Abstract hip hop |
Labels | Peanuts & Corn Records |
Patrick Skene, known professionally as Pip Skid and Wicked Nut, is a Canadian rapper and writer, and one of the most active creative artists at the Vancouver & Winnipeg-based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn. [1] Skid is known for his distinctive gravel-throated vocals. [2]
In the early 1990s Skid was a co-founder of Canadian hip hop group Farm Fresh, [1] and recorded an EP and three albums with that group. He was also a member of other crews such as Fermented Reptile, Hip Hop Weiners, Taking Care of Business, and Break Bread. [3] [4]
In 2001 Skid took part in the Close To The Coast Festival in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. [5]
In 2004 Skid's album Funny Farm was released; it hit #32 [6] on the combined charts. His single "Alone Again" from this album Funny Farm was played in rotation on the Much Music network. [7]
In 2005 Skid and fellow rapper mcenroe released an album, Funny Farm 2 [8] which hit #3 [9] on the hip hop charts. Skid's 2010 album Skid Row peaked at #4 [10] on the Canadian Hip Hop charts on May 1, 2010.