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Gregory Jacobs, also known as Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump), is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist for the hip hop band Digital Underground.

He is behind digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance," 2Pac's breakthrough single "I Get Around," and co-producer of 2Pac's debut album 2Pac's debut album 2Pacalypse Now.

Early life

Gregory Edward Jacobs was born in New York City on August 25, 1963. He spent the majority of his childhood on the East Coast with his family, eventually settling in Tampa, Florida. He earned the 1978 "Most Talented" award at Greco Junior High School, but after relocating to Queens, New York, he traded his drums for a pair of turntables after discovering and marveling over hip hop, though the art form was still in an underground developmental stage. Rene Negron, his cousin Rene Negron (a.k.a.), was a mentor in the art. DJ-Stretch) and their close friend Shawn Trone (a.k.a. Greg, MC Shah-T of parody-rap group No Face, requested that Greg use the word "Shah-G." Jacobs loved the idea but later discovered that his friend said "Shock-G" and started using that word instead.

He dropped out of Chamberlain High School to form the Master Blasters, a mobile DJ crew that featured three DJs and four emcees at its peak. They appeared at parties and also at Riverfront Park's outdoor Sunday gatherings, eventually capturing the attention of Tony Stone, a program director at WTMP radio, which was the city's biggest R&B station. Jacobs, who was sixteen years old at the time, served as "Gregory Racker" for a short time in central Florida, and was the youngest radio personality in central Florida with a regular time slot. After being banned for playing the fifteen-minute version of "Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic in a five-minute time slot, and also after tensions with his father erupted, Jacobs found himself wandering the country for a few years, drifting through strange jobs and petty criminal adventures. It was during this trip that his attention shifted from DJing to keyboard playing, and, by using piano practice rooms at music stores and colleges around the country, he successfully taught himself to play the piano.

He returned home, earned a diploma, and started attending Hillsborough Community College, where he studied music theory under Jim Burge and piano under Patricia J. Trice. He met and developed a friendship with Kenneth Waters at HCC, and the two performers, The Chill Factor, and also The Four Horsemen, which included MC Skoobie-D, and MD Dazzlin Doc-P, who had recently relocated to Tampa from the Bronx, hip hop's birthplace, were among the many "Mando"s. Greg and his teenage-actress girlfriend (Davita Watts) moved to Los Angeles in 1985 after two years of providing local artists for hire, playing solo piano gigs around town, playing with Kenny, and being a keyboardist in Warren Allen Brooks' band. In Kenny McCloud's pop-funk band Onyx, he played keyboards before moving to San Francisco Bay, where his band Digital Underground will form a few years later.

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Career

Shock G, Chopmaster J, and late Kenneth Waters formed Digital Underground shortly after relocating to Oakland, California. Kenny-Kenny (K): The trio eventually released a 12-inch single on Macola Records after being frustrated with failed talks with various small record labels for about 15 months. The A-side and "Underwater Rimes" were included on the B-side, as the B-side. Both songs were written, produced, and performed by Jacobs, who also sketched the cartoonish cover illustrations. The album contained the brand of Digital Underground's startup company, TNT, as well as Macola's logo. Atron Gregory, Tupac Shakur's chief executive, also founded TNT. The band joined Tommy Boy Records and released "Doowutchyalike" in 1989, receiving little radio airplay, but the group went underground, becoming a underground celebrity. Its video was more popular, racking at number 40 on MTV's top 100 videos of the year. "Doowutchyalike" helped open digital Underground's debut album "The Humpty Dance" and the top-charting song of their career "The Humpty Dance" in early 1990, with both achieving platinum sales certifications by the RIAA. "Humpty Hump," the most flamboyant of Shock G's several alter egos, treated the former. By that time, the underground had grown significantly, with DJ Fuze, Money-B, and Schmoovy-Schmoov joining the band, as well as Ramone "Pee Wee" Gooden and Tupac Shakur joining by 1991.

During Shock G's rapping career, he created several aliases, resulting in characters that were supposed to be distinct by certain music enthusiasts and even a few industry insiders.

He illustrated album covers and gave art direction, as the "Piano Man" contributed keyboard tracks and music production as "Rackadelic." His main character, "Shock G," had a more natural voice, while "Humpty Hump" was an iconic figure with an exaggerated buffoon costume, colorful clothing, and a Groucho glasses-and-nose disguise. Humpty's character was created using a nasal voice. Jacobs will turn up as one individual or group at most public appearances, but he will shoot live shows and video shoots to keep the illusion alive. Edward Ellington Humphrey III, former lead singer of "Smooth Eddie and the Humpers," died after bursting his nose in a kitchen accident with a deep fryer, according to Casey Kasem's Top 40). Jacobs has appeared as various characters, including MC Blowfish, Icey-Mike, The Computer Woman, ButtaFly, and Peanut Hakeem.

Shock G's television appearances include Showtime at the Apollo in 1992, several The Arsenio Hall Show performances from 1990 to 1994, numerous live MTV performances, including MTV Live with Ed Lover and Dré in 1991, and MTV Jams in 1994 (with Downtown Julie Brown). The majority of these were recorded live on either digital Underground or 2Pac; however, Jacobs appeared on an episode of the 1991 sitcom Drexell's Class as a furnace repairman. The furnace repairman looks exactly like Humpty Hump, according to Otis Drexell's story, but neither he nor his coworker (Jason Priestley) have heard of any such hip-hop artist, particularly one with such a pessimistic name. The episode concludes with a live demonstration of Digital Underground's "No Nose Job" on a cruise ship carrying a fleet of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, which is portrayed as a scene from one of Mr. Drexell's fantasies.

Jacobs appeared in the Dan Aykroyd-directed comedy film Nothing But Trouble (1991), a variety of Shock G and Humpty Hump, as well as his Digital Underground band members. Tupac Shakur's bandmates appear in a cameo music performance as well as a small role in the film as themselves. Since then, Jacobs has appeared in a handful of music documentaries, including Thug Angel: Life of an Outlaw (2000) about Tupac Shakur (2004) and Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove (1996), both of which received a lot of TV rotation and both of which depended heavily on Jacobs' commentary.

Shock G appeared on an episode of the podcast "You Had To Be There" with comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer on June 24, 2011.

Shock Glown's solo artist and music producer had moderate success in comparison to his work with the digital Underground. Shock G produced Tupac Shakur's breakthrough platinum single "I Get Around," as well as guest starring on the single and music video, and went on to produce Tupac's "So Many Tears" from his multi-platinum 1995 album Me Against the World. When Tupac appeared on the 1991 song and video "Same Song," he was also a member of Digital Underground, Dan Aykroyd, and Demi Moore's "Not So Troublesome." Tupac's debut album 2Pacalypse Now is co-produced by Shock co-production 2Pacalypse. Shock G appeared as a producer and guest artist on fellow Oakland-based rap group Operation Stackola in 1995, as well as as a guest emcee in the "I Got 5 on It" Bay Ballers Remix and video.

While drinking Your Juice in the Hood, the Wayans brothers' film "We Are More" appeared on South Central in 1996. The song, which starred Oakland rappers Luniz, was used in three separate scenes in the film and is on three separate soundtracks, making it the first song to appear twice on one soundtrack. Prince George on his triple-CD Crystal Ball album in 1998 included the Shock G produced "Love Sign." Shock G has toured and performed on stage with George Clinton and P-Funk, as well as a guest appearance with Clinton at Woodstock 1999.

Shock G produced the single "Risky Business" for Los Angeles underground artist Murs in 2003, as himself and as Humpty Hump. Murs performed this song live with Shock G at the Paid Dues festival, and later featured him as his stage DJ/music conductor on a 2-month Definitive Jux label in the United States and Canada. Shock G's single "Cherry Flava'd Email" was renamed and launched as a special edition of "Cherry Flava'd Election" on January 20, 2009 to celebrate President Barack Obama's inauguration.

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