Jacobs spent most of his childhood moving around the East Coast with his family, eventually settling in Tampa, Florida. As a drummer he won the 1978 "Most Talented" trophy at Greco Junior High School, but after relocating to Queens, New York (as a result of his parents' divorce), he traded his drums in for a set of turntables upon discovering and ...
Shock G's ethnicity is made up of eight different backgrounds, with each of his great-grandparents being of a different origin. His maternal grandmother is half-Pakistani and half-East Indian (Hindu); his maternal grandfather is half-Jewish and half-Puerto Rican; his paternal grandfather is of half-African American (specifically assumed to be Haitian) and half-Trini (Trinidadian) descent; while his paternal grandmother is of half African American (specifically West African) and half-Irish descent.[2] In one of Shock G's posts on his own website, he states that he is actually 1/8 Guyanese, as opposed to the 1/8th solely West African heritage claimed in the above source, which, if true, adds still more variety to his bloodline as Guyanese people are made up of six main ethnic groups: Amerindians, Africans, Indians, Europeans, Portuguese, and Chinese and Afghan, Pashtuns.
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Plays piano and keyboards.
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Humpty Hump is a fictional character played primarily by Gregory E. Jacobs (aka Shock-G). However, the character has also been played by three others, Michael Webster, Kent Racker, and Greg's ex-wife's boyfriend.
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Is also an accomplished pianist, visual artist, and music producer, responsible for D.U.'s "The Humpty Dance", Tupac Shakur's breakthrough single "I Get Around", and co-producer of 2Pac's debut album 2Pacalypse Now.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love & Basketball
2000
writer: "Doowutchyalike" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996
performer: "We Got More" - as Shock G / writer: "Food Fight", "We Got More" - as G. Jacobs
Casper
1995
writer: "Same Song" - as Gregory Jacobs
New Jersey Drive
1995
writer: "Flip Squad's In Da House" - as G. Jacobs
House Party 3
1994
writer: "I Get Around"
Hoop Dreams
1994
Documentary as Shock G & Humpty Hump, "The Original Lesson" / writer: "The Original Lesson" - as Greg Jacobs
Beavis and Butt-Head
1993
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Nothing But Trouble
1991
producer: "Same Song", "Tie The Knot" - as Greg Jacobs / writer: "Same Song", "Tie The Knot" - as Greg Jacobs
Midnight Caller
1990
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sing
2016
writer: "Humpty Dance" - as Gregory Jacobs
Mother's Day
2016
writer: "THE HUMPTY DANCE" - as Gregory Jacobs
Lip Sync Battle
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation
2015
writer: "Same Song"
Dope
2015
writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Fresh Dressed
2015
Documentary writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Battle of the Year
2013
writer: "Same Song" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Happy Feet Two
2011
writer: "Mama Said Knock You Out" - as G. Jacobs
10 Years
2011
writer: "Same Song" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
2011
writer: "Mama Said Knock You Out" - as Shock G
The Green Hornet
2011
writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory Jacobs
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Step Up 2: The Streets
2008
writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Meet the Spartans
2008
writer: "Humpty Dance" - as Gregory Jacobs
My Name Is Earl
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Prime
2005
writer: "FREAKS OF THE INDUSTRY" - as Gregory Jacobs
I Love the '90s
2004
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Love Don't Cost a Thing
2003
writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory Jacobs
Head of State
2003
writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory Jacobs
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
Documentary writer: "Same Song", "Rebel of the Underground", "I Get Around"
Half Past Dead
2002
writer: "The Pledge Remix" - as Gregory Jacobs
Antwone Fisher
2002
writer: "The Humpty Dance" 1990 - as Gregory Jacobs
Made
2001
writer: "Do Whutcha Want" - as G. Jacobs
Charlie's Angels
2000
writer: "The Humpty Dance" - as Gregory E. Jacobs
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Who's the Man?
1993
Club Doorman (as Humpty Hump)
Nothing But Trouble
1991
Digital Underground member (as Humpty Hump)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
88 Fresh
2018
Documentary filming
Himself
Finding the Funk
2013
Documentary
Himself (as Shock G)
2010 BET Hip Hop Awards
2010
TV Special
Humpty Hump (as Humpty Hump)
Seattle Komedy Dokumentary
2010
Documentary
Humpty Hump (as Humpty Hump)
Independent Lens
2005-2010
TV Series documentary
Humpty Hump / Himself
Copyright Criminals
2009
Documentary
Himself (as Humpty Hump)
Rap Dreams
2006
Documentary
Himself
Soundz of Spirit
2003
Documentary
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel
2002
Documentary
Himself
MTV 20: Jams
2001
Video
Himself (segment "The Humpty Dance") (as Digital Underground)
Buttman at Nudes a Poppin' 12
2001
Video
Himself (as Humpty Hump)
Drexell's Class
1992
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
Documentary
Humpty Hump (as Humpty Hump)
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Humpty Hump
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Hoop Dreams (1994) as Soundtrack
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) as Soundtrack
$11 Million
