Many of those bonds would turn sour, but his kinship with Shock G remained a constant. As his star rose, Tupac Shakur would have no shortage of famous friendships. It was Shock G and Digital Underground who gave Pac his first moment on a hit record (1991's "Same Song") and Shock guided 2Pac's debut album 2Pacalypse Now. He'd considered joining the New Afrikan party in Atlanta before going on the road, but being out there with D.U. His own family life had mostly deteriorated, living with his sister in Marin County as his mother descended into addiction. I might be dead the time y’all get back.' And from that point on he was always there."ĢPac, as he was now going by officially, latched onto Shock G and Digital Underground and maximized the opportunity. Ten minutes later my phone rang and it was Tupac. I didn’t want to insult him and ask him to do the Humpty Dance and carry gear. " said, if we don’t do something, we’re going to lose him," Shock recalled. They were set to hit the road now in a much bigger way, on a tour with Big Daddy Kane. Digital Underground had just come back from a European tour to find their single "The Humpty Dance" was a smash hit. Shock was impressed with Shakur, but didn't know what to do with him initially. Shakur was an ambitious 19-year old who'd recorded a demo that was being shopped around by promoter Leila Steinberg and wound up in the hands of music manager Atron Gregory, who passed it on to Digital Underground's Shock G. Shock G was putting the finishing touches on Digital Underground's platinum-selling debut when he got wind of this rapper out of Marin County, California. Their special connection was brought to the popular eye again with a viral Twitter clip of Shock G around the time of the Los Angeles premier of the Tupac biopic, All Eyez on Me, in 2017. On the surface, their brotherhood may have seemed unlikely, but their connection was a catalyst for both men's creativity. “It’s a lucky thing in the other direction," Shock G would explain to Rolling Stone in 2017. Shock G was the George Clinton-worshipping musical genius who would help launch Pac into orbit through their collaborations while establishing his own legacy as an artist and producer, working on tracks not only with Pac but also Dr.
Shakur was the fiery son of Black Panthers who would begin his career with Digital Underground, the Hip-Hop hop group from Oakland, en route to becoming a cultural icon like Biggie Smalls.
Tupac Shakur and Gregory Jacobs (known to the world as Digital Underground frontman Shock G) held an invaluable place in each other's lives. "Pac discovered us, man, we didn’t discover his ass.
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