Too Short

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human pioneer of West Coast hip hop rapper record producer songwriter

Too Short is an American rapper and pioneer of West Coast hip hop, known for his explicit lyrics and influential role in the Oakland rap scene since the 1980s.

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Label Occurrences
Too Short canonical 18

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
pioneer of West Coast hip hop ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeIn Oakland, California hip hop scene ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Short Dog ⓘ
Shorty the Pimp ⓘ
associatedAct Ant Banks ⓘ
E-40 ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
Lil Jon ⓘ
Pimp C ⓘ
Scarface ⓘ
Snoop Dogg ⓘ
The Dangerous Crew ⓘ
UGK ⓘ
birthName Todd Anthony Shaw ⓘ
breakthroughAlbum Life Is... Too Short ⓘ
breakthroughAlbumReleaseYear 1988 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1966-04-28 ⓘ
debutStudioAlbum Born to Mack ⓘ
debutStudioAlbumReleaseYear 1987 ⓘ
genre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
grewUpIn Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
influenced Bay Area hip hop ⓘ
West Coast hip hop ⓘ
knownFor explicit lyrics ⓘ
influential role in the Oakland rap scene ⓘ
label Dangerous Music ⓘ
Jive Records ⓘ
Up All Nite Records ⓘ
lyricalStyle sexually explicit lyrics ⓘ
street-oriented storytelling ⓘ
name Too Short self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Born to Mack ⓘ
Cocktail ⓘ
surface form: Cocktails

Get in Where You Fit In ⓘ
Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) ⓘ
Life Is... Too Short ⓘ
Short Dog's in the House ⓘ
occupation rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
origin Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
startedCareerIn 1980s ⓘ
yearsActive 1980s–present ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Life After Death → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
West Coast hip hop → notableArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Doggumentary → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Coolaid → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Jive Records → notableArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Lil Jon → associatedAct → Too Short ⓘ
Born Again → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Too Short → name → Too Short self-link ⓘ
Indicud → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Kelis Was Here → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
Jazze Pha → associatedAct → Too Short ⓘ
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty → featuredArtist → Too Short ⓘ
"Life in 1472" → featuresArtist → Too Short ⓘ
subject surface form: Life in 1472
Loyal → hasPerformer → Too Short ⓘ
WC → collaboratedWith → Too Short ⓘ
Rick Rock → associatedAct → Too Short ⓘ
MC Hammer → associatedAct → Too Short ⓘ
Strong Arm Steady → collaboratedWith → Too Short ⓘ