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<\/p>\nThe cause of death for Shock G, the frontman of rap group Digital Underground, was revealed to be an accidental overdose of fentanyl, methamphetamine and alcohol, Billboard reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
The late rapper was last seen alive at a hotel in Tampa, Florida, but was later found unresponsive on April 22 by the hotel\u2019s manager, who looked in on the performer after he had missed his checkout time.<\/p>\n
Shock G, born Gregory Jacobs, was pronounced dead at the hospital that day at age 57, but a rep for the medical examiner\u2019s office said the final autopsy hasn\u2019t been completed yet at the time.<\/p>\n
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The medical examiner didn\u2019t immediately return Page Six\u2019s request for comment on Friday.<\/p>\n
The rap group is best known for the 1990 hit \u201cThe Humpty Dance,\u201d which reached the top of the Billboard rap singles chart. The iconic music video is rapped by Shock G\u2019s fake-nosed alter-ego Humpty Hump.<\/p>\n
Shock G started the eccentric Oakland, Calif.-based group, which once featured famed rapper Tupac Shakur, in 1987. Shakur made an appearance in the group\u2019s \u201cSame Song,\u201d in which he rapped the final verse.<\/p>\n
Shock G\u2019s death was first confirmed by the group\u2019s co-founder Chopmaster J in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201c34 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,\u201d Chopmaster J posted.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd now he\u2019s awaken from the fame long live shock G Aka Humpty Hump and Rest In Peace my Brotha Greg Jacobs!!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The cause of death for Shock G, the frontman of rap group Digital Underground, was revealed to be an accidental overdose of fentanyl, methamphetamine and alcohol, Billboard reported Thursday. The late rapper was last seen alive at a hotel in Tampa, Florida, but was later found unresponsive on April 22 by the hotel\u2019s manager, who …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":70387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11185],"tags":[74667,74671,65499,74669,74665],"yoast_head":"\n