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Shock G
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gregory Jacobs, Shock-G, Humpty Hump, Gregory Edward Jacobs
American rapper (1963–2021)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Emerald City Hip Hop, Seattle
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gregory Edward Jacobs (August 25, 1963 – April 22, 2021), known professionally as Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump), was an American musician, rapper, and lead vocalist for the hip hop group Digital Underground. He was responsible for Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance", 2Pac's breakthrough single "I Get Around", and was co-producer of 2Pac's debut album 2Pacalypse Now.
Known for
- Dear Mama — Self (archive footage)2023
- Finding the Funk — Himself2014
- Copyright Criminals — Self2009
- George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein — Self2006
- Soundz of Spirit — Self2005
- Digital Underground - Raw & Uncut — Self2004
- Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel — Self2002
- Who's the Man? — Club Doorman1993
- I Get Around1993
- Nothing but Trouble — Digital Underground (Rap Group)1991
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1949-12-04
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,560
- Total plays
- 34,392
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Gregory E. Jacobs (August 25, 1963-April 22, 2021), known by the stage names Shock G and Humpty Hump, was an American musician and rapper. He is perhaps best known as the head vocalist for the rap group Digital Underground, most popular in the early 1990s. Jacobs spent most of his childhood moving around the East Coast with his family, eventually settling in the Bay Area of California. He dropped out of high school in the late 1970s and spent several years pursuing a life of crime before eventu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Jacobs
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Tampa
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Tommy Boy Records
- Image
- Shock G aka Humpty (288900903) (cropped).jpg
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- social media followers
- 76383
- date of birth
- 1963-08-25
- pseudonym
- Humpty Hump
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- different from
- G-Shock
- date of death
- 2021-04-22
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- member of
- Digital Underground
- Commons category
- Shock G
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