Shifty Shellshock

Shifty Shellshock

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Birth Name: Seth Brooks Binzer

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 23, 1974

Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish, as well as English, Irish, German, distant Dutch

Shifty Shellshock is an American music artist. He is a co-founder and the front man of rap rock band Crazy Town.

He has a son with his former wife Melissa Clark; a son with his former partner Tracy; and a son with his former fiancée, British model and actress Jasmine Lennard.

Shifty’s paternal grandfather was Harry V. Binzer (the son of Solomon Binzer and Dora Traugott). Harry was born in Indiana, to Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Dora was descended from a rabbi.

Shifty’s paternal grandmother was Elsa/Elsie Jane “Elsie” Conner (the daughter of Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Conner and Laura Alice Phillips). Elsa was born in Illinois, and had English, Irish, German, and distant Dutch, ancestry. Laura was the daughter of Cornelius A. Phillips and Elsie J. Moore.

Shifty’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Brooks.

Sources: Shifty’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Shift’s paternal grandfather, Harry V. Binzer, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

1 Response

  1. Manila says:

    Hungarian Jewish, English, distant Dutch -> Ashkenazi Jewish (Hungarian Jewish), English, German, distant Dutch

    Solomon was of part German descent.

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