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 had many aliases — Shock G, Humpty Hump, Piano Man — but he always represented the wildest side of the hip-hop imagination, with classics like “The Humpty Dance,” “Return of the Crazy One,” and “Doowutchyalike.” He was a true original. As Chuck D said, “Such a beautiful free mind Brother.” Shock stood for everything playful and open-minded in hip-hop,...
- 4/23/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
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