Todd Anthony Shaw better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is best known for his hit songs like "The Ghetto" and "Blow the Whistle" and "Ain't Nothing Like Pimpin'". Too Short is one of the very few musicians to have been able to collaborate with both 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. during the height of their careers when the rappers engaged in a protracted feud. Too Short is credited as being one of the pioneer rappers of West Coast hip hop. His rap lyrics are primarily about pimping, drug use, and promiscuity.

KNOWN FOR

Punk'd
2007
The Game
2006
30 for 30
2014
VERZUZ
2020
Freaky Tales
2025
Couples Therapy
2012
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
Menace II Society
1993
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
2024
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do
2009
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
36
Producing
1
2025
Freaky Tales
as Narrator / The Guy's Partner
2024
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
as Self - Rapper/Legendary Game Spitter
2023
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
as Self
2023
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023
The Grammys
as Self
2022
The DOC
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
as Self
2020
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
as Self
2020
VERZUZ
as Self
2017
G-Funk
as Self
2016
School of Rickey
as Self
2015
Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay
as Self - Interviewee
2014
Stop Pepper Palmer
as Self
2014
30 for 30
as Self
2013
Lady Gaga: iTunes Festival 2013
as Self
2012
Couples Therapy
as Himself
2011
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
as Self
2011
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
2010
Ghetto Physics: Will the Real Pimps and Hos Please Stand Up?
2009
DJ SWB Volume 6 | This Is How We Do
as Self
2009
Townbiz
as Himself
2009
West Coast Theory
2009
Porndogs: The Adventures of Sadie
as Bosco
2008
Ghostride the Whip: The Hyphy Movement
as Himself
2007
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary
as Himself
2007
Punk'd
as Self
2006
Sydewayz: Vol 2 (Get Hyphy)
as Himself
2006
The Game
2003
2PAC 4Ever
as Himself
2000
American Pimp
as Too $hort
1997
Rhyme & Reason
as Self
1993
Menace II Society
as Lew-Loc
1992
Too Short: Shorty the Pimp at the Players Ball
1991
Rap's Most Wanted
as Self
Too $hort "Uncensored"
as Himself
Breaking Out: The Alcatraz Concert