Money B: “The Humpty Dance” was Inspired by San Fran Earthquake of ’89

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Money B of the legendary Bay Area group Digital Underground recently stopped by to chop it up with DJ Vlad. In this clip Money B discusses his start in Digital Underground and how he credits DJ Fuze with being the reason he made it into the group. He details how Shock G wasn’t initially feeling him as a rapper and not being particularly fond of West Coast rappers, to begin with. Later on, in the clip Money B reveals the backstory to the famous “Humpty Dance” stating that the 1989 earthquake that hit San Francisco was the inspiration behind the dance. He even told DJ Vlad that the track was recorded before the dance was actually created.

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