I m going to miss him dearly : Digital Underground frontman Shock G remembered by family, friends at intimate funeral service Pamela Avila, USA TODAY
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Digital Underground s Shock G was laid to rest Saturday afternoon as family and friends said their final goodbyes.
An intimate funeral service for the late rapper and producer, born Gregory Jacobs, was held at the Allen Temple A.M.E. Church in Tampa, Florida. The three-and-a-half-hour-long service was streamed live on the church s website and Facebook page. I ve always felt so much love from everyone in [Digital Underground] and I know that s an extension of him, his brother, Kent Racker, said during the service. I ve always felt so much love from everybody that he touched and no story is too small or too long and I would love to hear everyone, any story you have about him, they re always about love… as his brother, it s been a charmed life being a brother of Shock G. You think a
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Digital Underground s Shock G was laid to rest Saturday afternoon as family and friends said their final goodbyes.
An intimate funeral service for the late rapper and producer, born Gregory Jacobs, was held at the Allen Temple A.M.E. Church in Tampa, Florida. The three-and-a-half-hour-long service was streamed live on the church s website and Facebook page. I ve always felt so much love from everyone in [Digital Underground] and I know that s an extension of him, his brother, Kent Racker, said during the service. I ve always felt so much love from everybody that he touched and no story is too small or too long and I would love to hear everyone, any story you have about him, they re always about love… as his brother, it s been a charmed life being a brother of Shock G. You think about what he s done for friends, I was his brother. I m going to miss him dearly.
Friends and family of the rapper-producer, born
Gregory Jacobs, joined together at the Allen Temple A.M.E. Church in Tampa, Florida on Saturday (May 1). The service was streamed live, according to the church’s Facebook page.
Busta Rhymes,
Jermaine Dupri, and
CeeLo Green, were a few of the celeb guests in attendance, WFLA Channel 8 reports. Members of Digital Underground also made appearances on the live stream of the service to offer their condolences.
“His legacy was how he loved people unconditionally,” said Reverend Doctor
Alesia Ford-Burse during the service. “He loved to a default.”
Shock G was a rapper and keyboardist for Digital Underground, a pioneering Hip Hop group responsible for a number of influential singles, including the group’s groundbreaking hit “The Humpty Dance.” He was also known as his alter ego Humpty Hump.
Shock G Laid to Rest After Intimate Funeral Service
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Busta Rhymes, Jermaine Dupri and Cee-Lo Green as well as members of Digital Underground were on hand to pay final respects at the ceremony in Tampa, Florida. May 3, 2021
Shock G has been laid to rest a week after his death. The
Digital Underground founder was laid to rest in a private funeral in Tampa, Florida that was attended and featured appearances by his peers in hip-hop community.
The intimate ceremony took place at the Allen Temple A.M.E. Church on Saturday, May 1 and was streamed live on the church s website. Among those in attendance were
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