MUSICIAN

Digital Underground

Digital Underground is an American alternative hip-hop group from Oakland, California. Digital Underground's leader and mainstay was Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs (also known as Humpty Hump). Shock G formed the group in 1987 with Tampa hip-hop radio deejay Kenneth "Kenny-K" Waters and Jimi "Chopmaster J" Dright of Berkeley, California. Heavily influenced by the various funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled such music frequently. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Digital Underground is the 2,020th most popular musician (down from 1,648th in 2024). (down from 4,243rd in 2019)

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Among musicians, Digital Underground ranks 2,020 out of 3,175. Before them are Chris Broderick, Sylvia Robinson, Richey Edwards, Albert Heath, Mamie Smith, and John Sebastian. After them are Keith Levene, Mark King, Andy Fraser, Ara Malikian, Phạm Duy, and Richie Kotzen.