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"The Humpty Dance" is a song by the American hip-hop group Digital Underground from their debut album Sex Packets. Released as the second single from the album in January 1990, it reached No. 11 on the pop chart, No. 7 on the R&B chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.
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. [2] 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 ...
The song is included on their EP album, This Is an EP Release, as well as on the Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack. The video starts off with a hearse driving into a drive-in theater, showing clips from Nothing but Trouble. The Digital Underground crew leaves the hearse. Shock G, portraying an American rock musician, raps the first verse.
In addition to becoming an MTV superstar with "The Humpty Dance," the rapper and producer helped launch 2Pac's career. Digital Underground rapper Shock G, a.k.a. Humpty Hump, dead at 57 [Video ...
Its video was more successful, reaching number 40 on the MTV's top 100 videos of the year. "Doowutchyalike" paved the way for Digital Underground's debut album Sex Packets and the highest-charting song of their career "The Humpty Dance" both released in early 1990, and both achieving platinum sales certifications by the RIAA. [8]
In a 2022 appearance on Big Boy, Pinkett Smith's son, Jaden, said that at one point Shakur even proposed, saying "Tupac asked to marry my mom and she was like, 'Pac, we're best friends.'"
The album was released in the spring of 1990 following the success of its two lead-off singles: "Doowutchyalike", a moderate club hit, followed by "The Humpty Dance", which reached No. 11 on the pop chart, No. 7 on the R&B chart, and No. 1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.
Jada Pinkett Smith shares a retro video of herself and a young Tupac Shakur lip-syncing and dancing to Will Smith's 1988 hit 'Parents Just Don't Understand.'