Whatever Happened to Skee-Lo? Rapper of "I Wish..."

How We Know Him: In 1995 Skee-Lo (AKA Antoine Roundtree) hit it big as a rapper and most people remember him from a song called "I Wish". The song was a hit in the USA and across Europe. The video, with its Forrest Gump theme, made a regular appearance on MTV...



UPDATE! Where is Skee-Lo today? Did he ever get with Leoshi? Here is what I have found out...

in 2012 Jeff Weiss of LA Weekly caught up with Skee-Lo at a Denny's on Crenshaw Blvd. Skee-Lo revealed that very soon after the song "I Wish" he retired from rap. According to him his label took all of the profits that the song made. So why would he continue if he wasn't making anything?

After a long battle Skee-Lo eventually did get the rights to his song. Good thing because like many of you, I heard the song on a Toyota car commercial with Kaley Cuoco recently...




Nowadays Skee-Lo still lives in LA with his wife Stacy and kids. I also found Skee-Lo's website www.wegotfreshideas.com where I found other updated information on the rapper. This includes his latest album which is also entitled "Fresh Ideas". There are twelve songs on it, and I actually thought that some of the songs were even better than "I Wish". One song in particular is called "Hip Hop" which I thought was especially good. All of this is part of his company Skeelo Music LLC that his wife is also a part of. The new album can be bought in stores on July 9th, 2013. Best Buy, K-Mart, Barnes and Noble are all set to carry it. 


In a press release that was sent to me on June 26, 2013 Skee-Lo stated "Our mission is to introduce a new sound, attitude, and business.  I am grateful to SONY “RED MUSIC, MRI, WhatevaOK Entertainment for distributing our music and sharing with us our vision. This, no doubt, will create new opportunities for independent talent." 

I also tried to reach Skee-Lo by phone but my calls weren't returned by the time I posted this article. Skee-Lo is on Twitter as well: Skeelo_Musik where he regular updates fans.