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T.I. was recently asked whether he'd let his daughter date someone like Chris Brown. "Absolutely not, but when my daughter's grown, what can I say?" The same thing? Not trying to trump DMX's "Rudolph" rendition, but here's Too $hort's Hannukah rap, live from the studio...

Singer Shanell, the curvaceous cutie from Lil Wayne's Young Money camp, is prepping the release of her new mixtape, Nobody's B#@*h, due Aug. 13. After releasing the first song off the effort, "Just for the Night," she now delivers the Too $hort-assisted track "These Hoes Is Winnin'...

It's hard to imagine what hip-hop would be were it not for Biggie Smalls. No one could have predicted that a kid from Brooklyn, who labeled himself "Notorious," would go on to change the very fabric of the culture, only to be taken down before his time...

Gino DePinto Too $hort enjoys when people refer to him as Todd Shaw. For those not in the know, the moniker is his government name and one that he greets strangers, friends and the like with. There's a whole other side to the man behind the dirty raps...

Too $hort calls on fellow Bay Area legends E-40 and Raphael Saadiq for some support on 'Sugar Daddy,' a tale about the dangers of usurious women and unsuspecting gentlemen. Over a loop from the Meters' classic 'Handclapping Song' and some smooth crooning from Ray Ray, $hort Dog attempts to educate the neighborhood sucker, cause "Every b---- ain't Maya F---in' Angelou,' while 40 Water drops in

Singer Erykah Badu will be headlining a benefit concert in honor of the 40th birthday of Tupac Shakur in Atlanta on June 16. The respected singer will be joined by jazz legend Roy Ayers, West Coast rap pioneer Too Short and southern hip-hop heroes Bun B, 8-Ball & MJG and several more, in celebration of the life of one of hip-hop's fallen icons, who was gunned down on Sept. 13...

Oakland rapper Too Short has announced that he will be releasing several new projects this year, including a long overdue collaboration with a fellow Bay Area legend, and a "Too Short Adventure" book. "I'm working on some new music, a new Too Short album the Too Short/E-40 album," he said in a recent interview...

David Rogowski, AOL A recent National Public Radio report on teenage prostitution in Oakland, California turned up a familiar culprit: gangsta rap. Explaining her entrance into the "game," Darlene, a former prostitute who signed at the request of a boyfriend at the age of 15, claimed that she was enthralled by the money and glamor she heard about in the music made by local rappers like T

E-40 and Too Short, two legends of Bay Area hip-hop, are finally joining forces for their first collaborative record. The album builds on numerous tracks that the two have bodied together throughout the years but marks the first time that fans will hear an entire body of work featuring both rappers in tandem...

Ice-T, Too Short and KRS-One are about to show their expertise in the world of prostitution. No, the three rap icons aren't up to no good, they're just appearing in the rated-R documentary entitled 'GhettoPhysics: Will The Real Pimps & Ho's Please Stand Up!' t...