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{{Use American English|date=August 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{short description|American alternative hip hop group}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Digital Underground | image = Digital Underground in 1992.webp | caption = Digital Underground in 1992 | alias = | origin = [[Oakland, California]], U.S. | genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[alternative hip hop]]|[[funk]] }} | years_active = 1987–present | label = {{flatlist| * TNT * [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]] * [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] * Critique * [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] * [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] }} | current_members = * [[Money-B]] * Young Hump | past_members = * [[Shock G]] * Kenny K * [[Chopmaster J]] * [[DJ Fuze]] * J-Beats * [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] }} '''Digital Underground''' is an American [[alternative hip hop]] group from [[Oakland, California]]. Its lineup grows with each album and tour. 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, Florida|Tampa]] hip-hop radio deejay Kenneth "Kenny-K" Waters and Jimi "Chopmaster J" Dright of [[Berkeley, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenny K - Tampa Hip-Hop dot Com v2.0 |url=http://www.tampahiphop.com/kenny.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608155756/http://www.tampahiphop.com/kenny.php |archive-date=June 8, 2004 |access-date=August 11, 2010 |publisher=Tampahiphop.com}}</ref> Heavily influenced by the various [[funk]] bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled such music frequently, which became a defining element of West Coast rap. As "Rackadelic", Jacobs designed album covers and cartoon-laced liner notes, in [[Homage (arts)|homage]] to [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] album designs. Digital Underground is also notable for launching the career of member [[Tupac Shakur]], as well as spinning off side projects and solo acts including [[Raw Fusion]], [[Saafir]], and singer [[Mystic (singer)|Mystic]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/digital_underground/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021030135435/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/digital_underground/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 30, 2002 |title=Digital Underground | View the Music Artists Biography Online |publisher=VH1.com |date=August 25, 1963 |access-date=August 11, 2010}}</ref> Following the release of their "[[Doowutchyalike]]" single and video in the summer of 1989, the band gained popularity with their song "[[The Humpty Dance]]" in 1990. Digital Underground toured nearly every year until 2008; this consisted of live shows in Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and the U.S. While the group's origins lay mostly in Oakland and Berkeley, California, various characters and voices from around the U.S and UK appeared on the band's albums. Shock G and [[Money-B]] were the only individuals to appear on every album. Other recurring key contributors were David "DJ Fuze" Elliot, and deejay/producer Jeremy "J-Beats" Jackson, who both assisted Jacobs in developing the sound.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Shock G died in 2021, but Digital Underground continues to tour.
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