RAY LUV, SHOCK G & 2PAC (Tupac Shakur) in 1991 - PUSHIN' THE BAY TV Exclusive

http://www.pushinthebay.com - PTBTV Exclusive, never before seen video of RAY LUV, SHOCK G (Digital Underground) and 2PAC aka Tupac Shakur. Circa 1991.

The band's leaders are Greg Shock G Jacobs and hype man Humpty Hump. Jacobs spent most of his youth in New York City and southern Florida. Heavily influenced by the various Funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled their music frequently, which quickly became a defining element of West Coast rap. Their alternative status owes much to their unabashedly spaced-out image, which lay in contrast to the gangster rap that most west coast acts focused on. The group's original image was set up to be a tribute to social activists The Black Panthers, but when Public Enemy became a prominent band, Jacobs chose to take the group's image in a more whimsical direction, that of an updated Parliament-Funkadelic for the hip-hop audience. Jacobs designed detailed album covers and cartoon-laced liner notes, an homage to Parliament-Funkadelic album designs. Digital Underground is also notable for launching the career of member Tupac Shakur.

The band also appears in the movie Nothing but Trouble, directed by Dan Aykroyd.

Since the success of Sex Packets (and subsequent releases) the group had been touring for nearly 20 years straight. Thousands of live shows included many overseas tours and a near non-stop U.S. schedule. While the group's origins are in the San Francisco Bay area, touring has taken Digital Underground to every corner of the United States from major markets like Los Angeles and New York city, but also countless smaller suburbs. After twenty years of tour dates, Shock G announced that the group would officially disband in March 2008. Shortly after that announcement was made, the group also confirmed that their May 2008 album ..Cuz A d.u. Party Don't Stop! would be their last studio effort.

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social and racial equality, as well as his raw descriptions of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and conflicts with the law. Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground. Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, gained critical recognition and backlash for its controversial lyrics.

Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. He was later shot five times and robbed in the lobby of a recording studio in New York City.

On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He died six days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at the University Medical Center.

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[LifeOfAnOutlaw]

A young Tupac, you can see he's very energetic.

[OnENaTiOnUnDeR2PaC]

i wish that yall could have built off of wat yall had then. i think if pac stayed in the bay area, the bay would have changed the rap game 4 eva and have a reputation for puttin da rap game on da map!! much love for the bay!! i got madd love for all the bay area artist!!!!

[ROuthebeatmakER]

oakland shit 

[USMC3531tsd]

@northsider707 < That's right, album cover talking about raised in new york, BULLSHIT, Pac was straight outta West 8th and Derrico

[northsider707]

my boi Dedrick actually danced in the umpty vid and remembers ray luv and pac from the old santa rosa days

luv used to dance for pac.... old days

[mikemeezys]

@cellycelprn ray luv is still alive!!

[yungkeem215]

yes when tupac was younger and energetic he seem like he was real happy..as he got older he was getting depresses because he was getting shot sent to jail for things he didnt do and all the bullshit that came with it..RIP 2pac

[cellycelprn]

ray luv...2pac....if those cats were still alive today

the entire genre would be different from what we know today.

[jamalmilwood]

good old days 4 pac..rip