The Hollywood Reporter

Shock G, Off-Kilter Digital Underground Leader, Dies at 57

The group found fame with the Billboard Top 10 hit "Humpty Dance" in 1990, as the performer, born Greg Jacobs, donned a Groucho Marx-style fake nose and glasses to become one of his many alter egos, ...
Rolling Stone

A Tribute to Shock G, Hip-Hop’s Freest Spirit

If you’re in a Burger King bathroom today, please get busy in honor of the great Shock G. The world is mourning for the legendary Digital Underground MC, who died Thursday at only 57. Gregory Jacobs ...
Yahoo

Digital Underground rapper Shock G, aka Humpty Hump, dead at 57

Rapper and producer Shock G, also known as Humpty Hump of the Bay Area hip-hop crew Digital Underground, has died at age 57. The news was first announced by his Digital Underground bandmate Chopmaster ...
Uproxx

Shock G’s Death Was Caused By An Accidental Overdose Of Fentanyl

Two months after the death of Digital Underground frontman Shock G, his cause of death has been revealed. TMZ reports the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner determined that Shock G died from an ...
Complex

Shock G of Digital Underground Dead at 57

The hip-hop world has lost another legend. On Thursday night, several outlets reported the death of 57-year-old Digital Underground member Shock G, birth name Gregory Jacobs. The details of his death ...
Vulture

Rap’s Most Imaginative Roads Lead Back to Shock G

One of Jacobs’s many gifts was his ability to be extremely funny on record without making a joke of the record. Photo: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images It would be tempting to trace his life’s itinerary and ...
Decider

RIP Shock G, The One Who Put The Satin On Your Panties: “Humpty Dance” Hitmaker Dead at 57

America, feel free to get busy in a Burger King bathroom this weekend, because Humpty Hump would want you to. It was in his guise as the outsized, Groucho-glasses-wearing, sometimes ermine ...
Rolling Stone

Bootsy Collins Pays Tribute to Late Digital Underground Mastermind Shock G

Bootsy Collins celebrated Gregory Jacobs — the Digital Underground rapper-producer better known as Shock G and Humpty Hump — in a tribute shared with Rolling Stone following the musician’s death ...
The Washington Post

Shock G of Digital Underground was a psychedelic rap pioneer who helped hip-hop crossover

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 ...
KQED

Shock G Revolutionized Hip-Hop — and Created a Secret Trove of Funky Art

Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word, KQED’s year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history. For many listeners, Bay Area rap from the late ’80s and early ’90s calls to mind the dark ...
Variety

Oakland City Council Declares ‘Digital Underground Day’ in Honor of Shock G

The city council of Oakland, California has declared August 25 “Digital Underground Day” in honor of the legendary group’s frontman and co-founder Gregory “Shock G” Jacobs, who died in April. The ...