Oh No, Not Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump). Fiona Apple just hit & told me this cool story about her pushing a cart in the Home Depot parking lot, & saw Shock G (97) & both were mutual fans (DU was her 1st rap purchase/He would spin “Never Is A Promise”at gigs) they would email/exchange lyrics to each other. The Underground lit up The Game 🔥 Super Talent 👑 Beautiful Musician Incredible Vision 🔥Tupac 👑 Money B. See tributes from MC Hammer, Bootsy Collins, Public Enemy and more to Shock G below. Those were like some of the best times of my life…” The official page of Tupac shared a 1995 quote from the rapper about Shock G, which read, “I look back with the greatest fondness. Tributes to Shock G have emerged from the world of hip-hop and music at large. He also released his own solo record in 2004, titled ‘Fear Of A Mixed Planet’. Dre and Murs to name a few, while continuing to tour and put out music with Digital Underground until the mid-2000s. The rapper-slash-producer went on to work with Prince, Dr.
This relationship saw Jacobs co-produce Shakur’s first album ‘2Pacalypse Now’ and the single ‘I Get Around’, on which Jacobs was also featured. In the background of the track’s video was a young Tupac Shakur, who would go on to make his recording debut on the outfit’s 1991 single ‘Same Song’. The record, titled ‘Sex Packets’, featured their first breakout song ‘The Humpty Dance’, which was rapped by Jacobs’ alter ego Humpty Hump and topped Billboard’s rap singles chart. Their first singles ‘Underwater Rimes’ and ‘Doowutchyalike’ were underground hits that sampled ’70s funk songs, but it wasn’t until 1990 that they released their first album. A post shared by Chopmaster J Aka Big Brutha was the founding member and mainstay of Digital Underground, forming the group in 1987 alongside Dright Jr and Kenneth Waters (aka Kenny-K).
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