Aug 28, 2017
Too $hort Todd Shaw AKA "Too $hort" was born on April 28th 1966 in South Centra Los Angeles, California. After him and his family moved to Oakland when he was 14, he decided to start rapping after hearing Sugar Hill Gang and Melle Mel. He first started selling his mixtapes out of the trunk of his car in the early 80s and in '83 he signed to 75 Girls and released his fiirst "official" album Don't Stop Rappin and became the first rap star out of the West Coast. 3 albums and 2 years later, him and his friend Freddy B form their own label, Dangerous Music. Born To Mack dropped in 1986 and it sold 50,000 copies and when Jive Records heard of this, they signed him and released the album a 2nd time which helped propel him to the next level.
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