OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- Gregory Jacobs, the leader of the Bay Area hip-hop group Digital Underground who fronted the crew in the personas of Shock G and Humpty Hump, has died at age 57, according to ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shock G, producer and frontman of the 1990s hip-hop group Digital Underground and widely known for his alter-ego “Humpty Hump,” ...
In honor of Digital Underground’s Shock G, who died at age 57 earlier this year, the Oakland, CA City Council has declared August 25 (Shock G’s birthday) Digital Underground Day in the group’s ...
The cause of death for Shock G, the frontman of rap group Digital Underground, was revealed to be an accidental overdose of fentanyl, methamphetamine and alcohol, the initial case summary from the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Say it loud, I’m arty and I’m proud,” because 1989 is the year of the boho homeboy. Back in the “who’s bigger and deffer” days, ...
The musician, born Gregory Jacobs, was found dead in a Florida hotel on April 22 Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial ...
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, ...
Digital Underground’s Shock G died of an accidental drug overdose, according to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner in Florida. The hip hop icon passed away in April at age 57 from an accidental ...
Shock G, front man of the alternative rap group Digital Underground, has died at the age of 57. He is best known for the 1990 hit “The Humpty Dance,” which reached the top of the Billboard rap singles ...
The opening lines of Digital Underground’s chart-topping 1990 breakthrough, “The Humpty Dance” doubled as a prophecy. Under his nom de schnozz, Humpty Hump, the performer alternately known as Shock G ...
If you happen to be in Oakland, then today might be a good day to get busy in a Burger King bathroom. Shock G, the rapper and producer who founded the Oakland rap institution Digital Underground and ...