Did Shock G have a wife? ‘Digital Underground’ rapper dies aged 57
Rapper Shock G has sadly passed away this week aged 57. Did he have a wife? Let’s explore his personal life.
Tributes are flooding social media for Shock G, an American musician and rapper who was best known as the lead vocalist for hip hop group Digital Underground.
Now, fans want to know a little more about his life. Did he have a wife? Or children? Here’s what we know.
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Did Shock G have a wife?
Shock G whose given name was Gregory Jacobs is also remembered for being an influence on Tupac Shakur and as a producer of his breakthrough hit single “I Get Around.” He also performed in Digital Underground's hit The Humpty Dance.
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Shock G has died. Also known to the world as Humpty (pronounced with an “umpty’), by his birth name Gregory Jacobs, or simply as the mastermind behind formative rap group Digital Underground, Shock G left his stamp on the world of music, both through his own songs, and through his extensive production work most notably helping to launch the career of Digital Underground member Tupac Shakur. Per
Variety, no cause of death has been released. Shock G was 57.
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A musician from an early age, Jacobs was a versatile performer, as comfortable on the piano or the drumset as at the turntable or on the mic. After years of bouncing around first the East, and then the West, Coasts of America a period that saw him work as a radio DJ, a music store employee, and more Shock G finally landed in Oakland, where Digital Underground would eventually form. Teaming up with Chopmaster J and Kenny-K, and landing somewhere in the intersection between
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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, according to an Instagram post by his former bandmate Chopmaster J.
The rapper, born Gregory Jacobs, was found dead Thursday in a hotel room in Tampa, Fla., TMZ reported, attributing the news to Jacobs’ father, who didn’t state a cause. He was 57.
Performing as his alter ego Humpty Hump “pronounced with a ‘umpty,’” as he advised in the song Shock G struck a proudly comic pose in “The Humpty Dance,” bragging with exaggerated style about his skinny frame and his sexual prowess (“I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom”) as he encouraged listeners to follow his lead in the titular dance, which he called “your chance to do the hump.”
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Another iconic pioneer of hip-hop culture and the rap music inspired by it has passed away during what has been a rough month for the beloved genre.
On Thursday evening (April 22) representatives for Gregory “Shock G” Jacobs (pictured) publicly shared the heart-breaking news that the musician and Digital Underground frontman is no longer living. Also known as “Humpty Hump” (a comedic alter-ego who appeared on a number of notable singles by the hip-hop band), Jacobs is also credited with being the producer who discovered a young Tupac Shakur.
He genuinely helped shepherd Shakur into the megastar he became in his entertainment career. Shakur and Shock G remained friends up until the iconic Deathrow Records mainstay’s death in September 1996. Digital Underground co-founder Chopmaster J confirmed Shock G’s death via Instagram. He also shared memories about the great times he spent with his hip-hop bandmate.