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Apr 23, 2021 · Rapper Shock G, also known as Humpty Hump of the hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died at age 57. When not using his stage name, he was known as Gregory Edward Jacobs.
- Marianne Garvey
Jun 11, 2021 · The rapper and producer, born Gregory Jacobs, was found dead in a hotel room on April 22 at the age of 57. "Our son, brother and friend, Gregory Jacobs, also known as Shock G, suddenly passed away ...
Gregory Edward Jacobs (August 25, 1963 – April 22, 2021), known professionally as Shock G and by his alter ego Humpty Hump, was an American rapper and musician who was best known as the lead vocalist of the hip hop group Digital Underground. He was responsible for Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance", 2Pac 's breakthrough single "I Get ...
Apr 23, 2021 · April 23, 2021. Gregory Edward Jacobs, known as Shock G, the frontman for the influential hip-hop group Digital Underground, was found dead on Thursday at a hotel in Tampa, Fla. He was 57. His ...
- Azi Paybarah
Apr 23, 2021 · April 22, 2021 9:44 PM PT. Shock G, the rapper, songwriter and producer who helped take hip-hop into the pop mainstream in the early 1990s with “The Humpty Dance” by his Oakland-based group ...
- mikael.wood@latimes.com
- Pop Music Critic
Apr 24, 2021 · Shock G, the rapper, producer and musician born Gregory Edward Jacobs who flipped the funk for a new generation and introduced the world to Tupac Shakur as the leader of Bay Area hip-hop ...
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Jun 11, 2021 · Shock G, the Bay Area rapper-producer who fueled Digital Underground's hit "The Humpty Dance" and co-produced Tupac Shakur's debut album, died of a drug overdose, medical examiners have reported.
