A
rap group from
Oakland, led by (
New York's) Shock G, whose use of
Funkadelic samples helped bring
George Clinton back (again) from the Hipness Abyss;
De La Soul's "Me, Myself, and I" didn't hurt either. Famous alumnus:
Tupac Shakur, still dead as of this writing - how's thug life
now, dude? Famous non-alumnus: Humpty Hump, Shock's
Groucho glasses-wearing
alter ego, the lead evangelist of the "Humpty Dance".