Digital Underground’s Shock G died of accidental overdose: report

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Ny Magee

Thu, June 10, 2021, 12:06 PM·3 min read

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The hip hop icon passed away in April at age 57 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, ethanol (alcohol) and methamphetamine.

 

Digital Underground’s Shock G died of an accidental drug overdose, according to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner in Florida.

The hip hop icon passed away in April at age 57 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, ethanol (alcohol) and methamphetamine, a rep for the medical examiner’s office tells TMZ.

Shock G, real name Gregory Jacobs, started Digital Underground with Chopmaster J in the late ’80s and the group put out albums through the mid-’00s — until dropping their final project in 2008 titled “Cuz a D.U. Party Don’t Stop!”. The group is best known for the hit singles “Doowutchyalike” and “The Humpty Dance” by Shock G’s alter ego Humpty Hump.

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