Shock G, Digital Underground Rapper, Dead at 57

, Shakur worked as a roadie for the group while Jacobs and his manager shopped the group’s demo.

Digital Underground would give Tupac his first tour alongside Big Daddy Kane, his first released verse with “Same Song” and his first movie role in 1991’sRolling Stone.Born on August 25th, 1963, Jacobs spent his formative years moving around with his family. He began his musical pursuits early on as a drummer, before hip-hop became his mainstay while the nascent art form was still underground in the Seventies.

In 1987, Jacobs and Chopmaster J formed Digital Underground and dropped the single “Underwater Rimes.” Two years later, they signed to Tommy Boy and had expanded to include DJ Fuze, Money-B, and Shmoovy-Shmoov. The group’s 1990 debut album,, housed their biggest song to date, “The Humpty Dance.” A perennial classic in its own right, the song — including Jacobs’ distinctive, nasally voice — would go on to be sampled by dozens of subsequent rappers and producers.

“Each individual has his own set of influences, from Jimi Hendrix to Erroll Garner via George Clinton, from hip-hop to doo-wop, from Jazz and R&B to funk and rock,” Jacobs said in 1989. “Sometimes we’ll combine any two, three or more styles and sometimes we’ll stick to just one. It depends on whoever is getting involved in the track. There’s often plenty of different things happening in our songs, but that doesn’t mean we’re not into the idea of doing a simple rap over a basic beat.

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Too young! RIP

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He liked to rhyme, he liked his beats funky, he was spunky, he liked his oatmeal lumpy.

RIP. Dang, I was just telling my son about Digital Underground earlier today.

Today is when I found out Shock G and Humpty hump are the same guy. I’m 50 years old. I do not get around.

Our Condolences 💐

Deepest condolences. RIP.

Damn.

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