# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/too-short
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:16:29.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/too-short"
name: "Too Short"
slug: "too-short"
description: "Todd Anthony Shaw, known professionally as Too Short, is an American rapper. A pioneer of West Coast hip-hop, Shaw was among the first acts to receive recognition in the genre during the late 1980s. His lyrics were often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival; exemplified respectively in his most popular singles \"Blow the Whistle\" and \"The Ghetto\". He is one of few acts to have worked with both Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. at the heights of their respective careers."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Too_Short_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-04-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.57
  momentum:             3.236959761549924
  historical:           20.88798533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TooShort"
    handle:    "TooShort"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tooshort/"
    handle:    "tooshort"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tooshort"
    handle:    "tooshort"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790001/"
    handle:    "nm0790001"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4sb7rZNN93BSS6Gqgepo4v"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tooshortworld.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تو شورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تو شورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تو شورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_%24hort"
    title: "Too $hort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_%24hort"
    title: "Too $hort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98"
    title: "טו שורט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%88%AC_%EC%88%8F"
    title: "투 숏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short"
    title: "Too Short"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158223"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/92038"
    title: "Too $hort"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump