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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.
Apr 23, 2021 · 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 Digital Underground, has died,...
- mikael.wood@latimes.com
- Pop Music Critic
Apr 24, 2021 · The song, defined by a bass groove as loopy and infectious as Humpty's onstage persona, broke through the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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- Rodney Carmichael
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
Apr 23, 2021 · Shock G, aka Humpty Hump, was a member of the Bay Area hip-hop crew Digital Underground and a producer for Tupac Shakur and others. He was found dead in a hotel room in Tampa, Florida, with no cause of death revealed.
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- Lyndsey Parker
Apr 23, 2021 · The big-nose-wearing hip-hop group leader made "The Humpty Dance" a hit. Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter Bay Area hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57.
