Digital Underground Leather Tour Jacket Formerly Owned by Atron Gregory
Atron Gregory (b. 1958) is an entertainment entrepreneur, executive producer, and manager. Atron Gregory is best known for managing the Hip-Hop group Digital Underground, Tupac Shakur, and Stanley Clarke. Atron Gregory has managed Digital Underground through 10 years of successful record deals, 25 years of lucrative performance deals, and 30 years of writer publishing contracts. He was one of the West Coast Record distributors co-founders, co-managed the World Class Wrekin Cru’, and was the tour manager for NWA. Helping jumpstart Tupac Shakur’s career and connection to working with Digital Underground, Atron is considered one of the top 25 A&R’s (Artists & Repetoire) in Hip-Hop history.
Digital Underground is a ’90s Hip-Hop group from Oakland, California. Digital Underground’s Hip-Hop sound was unique compared to other artists and groups as their signature sound incorporated P-Funk from Funk bands of the 1970s, which helped shape their Oakland based Hip-Hop sound. Digital Underground was known for their fun, quirky lyrics and eccentric style. Their founder was Shock-G (Gregory Jacobs, 1963-2021) who created the group in 1987 with Chopmaster (Jimi C. Dright, Jr, b. unknown) and Kenny K (Kenneth Waters, b. unknown d. 1994). Money-B (Ronald Brooks, b. 1969), DJ Fuse (David Elliot, b. 1970), Pee-Wee (Ramon Gooden, b. 1970), and Bigg Money Odis (Odis Brackens III, b.1969) were also members, along with a rotating list of others throughout the group’s discography, notably 2Pac (Tupac Amaru Shakur, 1971 - 1996).