Chopmaster J Digital Underground

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Los Angeles, CA – When Digital Underground co-founder and drummer Jimi “Chopmaster J” Dright learned that the City of Oakland would honor his former band and recently deceased front man and co-founder Greg “Shock G/Humpty Hump” Jacobs with a proclamation to recognize the group’s civic and artistic contribution, he was initially elated. However, upon learning heContinue Reading

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2Pac ‘s”I Get Around” was another collaboration with the Digital Underground camp. The second single from his Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. 1993 sophomore album was all about the fun in being a player. They had already worked together on Digital Underground’s “Same Song” which was on the soundtrack for theContinue Reading

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Greg “Shock G” Jacobs, the 57-year old leader of ’90s rap group Digital Underground, was found dead in a Tampa, Florida hotel room today. Digital Underground came onto the scene in 1990 with their debut album Sex Packets. The group was influenced by funk bands and Shock G’s alter egoContinue Reading

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