Oakland hip hop legend Too $hort, whose real name is Todd Shaw, headlined the 50th anniversary of hip hop concert in San Francisco Sunday, put on by SF-based record label EMPIRE.
Too $hort, who had a string of platinum albums in the 80s and 90s, started rapping when he was 14 years old. Shortly after, he started selling tapes. 'First, it was out of a paper bag. We didn't have a car at first; we would catch the bus. We'd get off and walk from neighborhood to neighborhood. Later, we got a car,' he said. He later sold tapes out of the trunk of his car. He said he also rapped at high school dances and house parties in East Oakland.
made tapes in his room. 'We were popular kids in high school, so we were using our popularity as a way of influence to sell our music. And it's the Too $hort formula â It's the Todd Shaw University,' said F.A.B. 'Everything that I do is a Too $hort base.'Today, the rapper and entrepreneur, who started the Dope Era brand, continues to perform and give back to his community.
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