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diamenz
04-24-2021, 02:41 AM
https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/22/shock-g-dead-dies-digital-underground-humpty-dance-tupac/


Shock G, famous for Digital Underground's hit song "The Humpty Dance" and his work with Tupac Shakur, is dead.

The rap legend was found dead Thursday in a hotel room in Tampa ... according to his father, Edward Racker.

We're told the cause of death is unclear but there were no signs of trauma. Shock's father says authorities will conduct and autopsy.

Shock G was the lead singer for the pioneering hip hop group Digital Underground, and he gets into character as his alter ego, "Humpty Hump," for the group's famous 1989 song and dance.

Shock was also known for his collabs with 2Pac ... he's featured on Pac's 1993 song "I Get Around" and he was one of the producers on Tupac's 1991 debut solo album, "2Pacalypse Now."

In fact, Shock G helped introduce 2Pac to the music world ... Pac was a member of Digital Underground when he appeared on the group's 1991 song and music video, "Same Song," for his first published work.

Shock G was born and raised on the East Coast, but he eventually settled in Oakland, where he formed Digital Underground in the late 1980s with Chopmaster J and Kenneth Water.

In addition to his work with 2Pac, Shock G produced songs for Dr. Dre, Prince and KRS-One, just to name a few.

Shock G was 57.

RIP


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFDyZ3ytg8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsjggc5jHM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwU8K9WF-bc

Gohan
04-24-2021, 11:11 AM
https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/22/shock-g-dead-dies-digital-underground-humpty-dance-tupac/




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFDyZ3ytg8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsjggc5jHM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwU8K9WF-bc

i mainly remember him from all the tupac documentaries....rip

PistolPete
04-24-2021, 11:22 AM
Hardly anybody on this board was alive to know about The Humpty Dance. 90's were lit. RIP. Guy had good genes cause he still looked young.

Never knew him and Pac were tight.

~primetime~
04-24-2021, 11:57 AM
the Freak of the Industry....REAL ARTIST...Shock G was 2 fcking rappers and one of the few artists that didn't go along with the cookie cutter template of what a rapper back then was supposed to be....he did him. Honestly not a whole lot of rappers who I feel broke that mold, like ODB and Busta maybe, a few others.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H7FRcWQKg8

^^^Humpty introduces Shock G at around 10:30 mark for I got 5 on it.

Shock G is honestly so underrated and I'm semi irked that everyone is pointing to the fact he kicked off Pac's career because it ignores his own career.


Reading up, it looks like this is a drug OD, and that Shock G suffered depression, and honestly he never struck me as that type, always seemed upbeat...that is surprising to me.

hateraid
04-24-2021, 12:09 PM
See me cocoa might go pop