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Shock G: Leader of rap group Digital Underground dead at 57

Greg "Shock G" Jacobs, leader for Digital Underground, performs The Humpty Dance during a halftime appearance in the Detroit Pistons' NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets in Denver. Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for '70s funk as leader of the off-kilter hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57. Nzazi Malonga, a longtime friend who served as head of security and helped manage the group, said the rapper-producer was found unresponsive Thursday, April 22, 2021, in a hotel room in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Shock G, the leader of hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57.

According to the Associated Press, the rapper was found unresponsive in a Tampa, Florida-area hotel room on Thursday. The family said he passed suddenly.

Shock G, born Gregory Jacobs, grew up in Tampa. He and the Digital Underground are best known for their 1990 hit “The Humpty Dance.”

Digital Underground co-founder Chop Master J shared a tribute to Shock G on Instagram.

“34 years ago we had a wild idea! We can be a hip-hop band and take on the world and through it all, the dream became a reality,” the post said.

A representative of the family said they appreciate the outpouring of love and concern.

This story was originally published by Lisette Lopez on Scripps station WFTS in Tampa, Florida.

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