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Digital Underground s “Same Song a year later served as 2Pac s introduction to music fans, with Shock G handing the baton to the future megastar, who had been working as a roadie for Digital Underground: “2Pac, go head and rock this.”
Jacobs was an introverted “technical wizard” adept at arranging samples who played keyboards and drums, said Digital Underground co-founder Jimi Dright, known as Chopmaster J. Dright met his future bandmate while buying equipment at a music store in San Leandro, California, where Jacobs was working.
Big Boi, Chuck D, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes were among those posting online tributes to Jacobs, with many expressing pain after the deaths earlier in the month of rappers DMX and Black Rob. “Our brother Shock G was a GIANT. There’s not one aspect of what we do musically that this man has not influenced,” wrote Talib Kweli.
Fri Apr 23, 2021 at 5:02am ET
Hip Hop pioneer Shock G and Digital Underground co-founder has died. Pic credit: Rolling Out/YouTube
Gregory Jacobs, the Digital Underground’s co-founder and rapper who performed as Shock G and his alter ego Humpty Hump, has died. He was 57 years old.
Shock G was found dead in a hotel room in Tampa, Florida and while his cause of death is currently unknown, a TMZ report claims that there were no signs of trauma.
Shock G’s father, Edward Racker, reportedly revealed that the authorities will conduct an autopsy to determine how the late rap legend died.
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Digital Underground frontman Shock G dies at 57
India on Friday reported 332,730 new COVID-19 cases from the past 24 hours, beating the grim record it set Thursday, and oxygen supplies in the country were so low that several hospitals in Delhi said they had nearly or completely exhausted their supplies. As hospital put out emergency calls for oxygen on social media, the government is scrambling to ship in reserves from retooled industrial oxygen plants. Meanwhile, patients are dying while their families search for open hospital beds, and crematoriums cannot keep up with demand. India reported 2,263 new deaths over the past 24 hours, for a total pandemic fatality count of 186,920, bu
The hip-hop community is mourning another devastating loss.
Rapper
Digital Undeground died at the age of 57-years-old on Thursday (April 22), his father
Edward Racker shared with TMZ.
Shock G, whose real name is Gregory Jacobs, was found dead in his hotel room in Tampa, Florida. As of right now,
Shock G‘s cause of death is unclear, but there were no signs of trauma.
His father says that authorities will being conducting an autopsy in the near future.
Shock G rose to fame in the ’90s as the lead vocalist for
Digital Underground and their hit song “The Humpty Dance.” The song also led to him creating his alter ego Humpty Hump.