Apr 24, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) 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.
Nzazi Malonga, a longtime friend who served as head of security and helped manage the group, said the rapper-producer was found unresponsive Thursday in a hotel room in Tampa, Florida. Malonga said the performer, born Greg Jacobs, had struggled with drug addiction for years.
The group found fame with the Billboard Top 10 hit “Humpty Dance” in 1990, as Jacobs donned a Groucho Marx-style fake nose and glasses to become one of his many alter egos, Humpty Hump. He initially maintained the flamboyant Humpty was a separate person, doing in-character interviews and sometimes having his brother Kent Racker play the part.
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Digital Underground s Shock G dead: Rap legend who helped get Tupac into music has died
Digital Underground lead singer and rap legend Shock G, famous for his song The Humpty Dance and his work with Tupac, has been found dead in his hotel room at the age of 57
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Lead singer of the Digital Underground, Shock G has passed away at the age of 57.