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Digital Underground rapper Shock G passes away

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Tupac and Shock G | (Image: Pat Johnson/REX/Shutterstock)

On Thursday (April 22), the hip hop community was hit with yet another hard blow while it’s still mourning the deaths of Ruff Ryders legend DMX and Bad Boy recording artist Black Rob. On his Instagram, producer and Digital Underground co-founder Chopmaster J revealed that his crew member and fellow co-founder Shock G has passed away.

Posting a throwback black-and-white photo of the two, J captioned it: “34 years ago almost to the day we had a wild idea we can be a hip hop band and take on the world through it all the dream became a reality and the reality became a nightmare for some.”

He continued: “And now he’s awaken from the fame long live shock G Aka Humpty Hump and Rest In Peace my Brotha Greg Jacobs!!!”

In 1987, Shock G founded Digital Underground with Chopmaster J, real name Jimi Dright; and Kenny-K, real name Kenneth Waters in The Bay. Big fans of junk bands from the 1970s, the crew’s music would be heavily influence by that era.

One person that the crew is widely known for — and the most successful star to come out from them — is Tupac. The group is actually credited by many for launching the famed rapper’s career. One of Digital Underground’s most popular singles is 1990’s “The Humpty Dance,” which was featured on their debut album titled Sex Packets.

We aren’t aware of G’s cause of his death as of yet. He was reportedly 57 years old.

Take a look at Chopmaster’s IG post revealing his passing below. Rest in peace.

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Tupac celebrated 21yrs later

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Photo: The Source Magazine

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Remembering Hip-Hop Icon Tupac Shakur, 21 Years Later

On the 21st anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s shocking death on September 13th, the still unsolved murder of the 25-year-old rapper continues to resonate.
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Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur often rapped about themes of death in songs such as “How Long Will They Mourn Me?”, “God Bless the Dead” and “To Live and Die in L.A.” In an eerie example of life imitating art, the music video Shakur did for “I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” which was completed just weeks before his death, shows him being gunned down and rapping from heaven.
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The Tragedy in Las Vegas
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After attending a Mike Tyson/Bruce Seldon title fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, Tupac and Suge Knight, the founder of Death Row Records, started driving to a party at Club 662 around 11:15 p.m. While they were stopped at a red light, someone in a white Cadillac pulled up next to their black BMW and fired 14 shots at them. Four bullets hit Shakur, who was in the passenger’s seat. One bullet punctured his right lung; he lost consciousness at the scene and never woke again.
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Six days later, on Friday, September 13, 1996, his mother, Afeni Shakur, made the painful decision to take him off the life support system in the intensive care unit of the University Medical Center in Las Vegas. He was only 25 years old.
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His murder has yet to be solved. A recent statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reads, “The case is still open and under investigation. At this time, we have no additional updates to provide.”
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Lack of official facts has only fueled the numerous rumors and rampant speculation surrounding Shakur and deepened his mystique. As popular and controversial a figure he was in life, he has become even more so after his death. In fact, at this point, Shakur has sold more music posthumously than he did when he was alive.
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Source: https://www.biography.com/news/tupac-shakur-death-facts