A male buzz cut

A buzz cut, also written as buzzcut, induction cut or wiffle is a very short haircut.^[1]

The cut is usually performed using hair clippers without a comb guard. The sides are cut closely and then the top is either shaped or cut to the same short length all over. The cut takes just a few minutes to perform.^[1] A buzz cut can make the face look more defined. The buzz cut is popular among people who want a short, low-maintenance hairstyle, and is far more common in men than women.

There are many different variations of buzz cuts. One variation leaves some bangs (fringe) so they can be spiked upwards using hair products, such as wax or gel. With side fades, the side hair slowly fades shorter and shorter until the hairline ends, or the shortest clipper number is reached. In some cases, clippers are used to shear the hair short on the sides and back of the head, resulting in a short haircut, but not the classic buzz.^{[citation needed]}

A flattop is similar to a buzz cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is not cut as short, and is deliberately styled to stand up. The longest part of the hair in the flattop cut is the front, being one to two inches in height. It is cut to be flat, resulting in a haircut that is square in shape.^[2] The style was popular in hip-hop culture during the late 1980s and early 1990s, when it was known as the Hi-top fade.

The buzz cut was a fashionable unisex hairstyle in the late 20th century. In the 1990s celebrities like Kevin Costner, George Michael and David Mamet pioneered a uniform buzz as opposed to the traditional flattop.^[3] Other celebrities noted for wearing their hair in this way included Jason Sehorn, Susan Powter, Sinéad O'Connor, Benjamin Granger and Natalie Portman.^[1][4]

In many countries, armed forces recruits are given buzz cuts when they enter training, originally to prevent the spread of lice,^[3] but now for ease of maintenance, cooling, and uniformity.^[5]

A buzz cut may be used to reduce the shock of hair loss when chemotherapy is administered. The hair still falls out but the effect is reduced and so is less traumatic.^[6]

See also[link]

• Bob cut
• Butch cut
• Crew cut
• Depilation
• Hairstyle
• Head shaving
• High and tight, a military variant in which the crown of the head is somewhat spared
• Shape-Up
• Skinhead
• Social role of hair
• Tonsure

References[link]

External links[link]

• Buzz-Cut.net

Look up buzz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Buzz may refer to:

People[link]

• Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), American pilot and astronaut, second person to set foot on the Moon
• George Beurling (1921–1948), Canadian World War II fighter pilot
• Buzz Hargrove (born 1944), National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union
• Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality
• Buzz Osborne (born 1964), guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, founding member of The Melvins
• J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967), American forensic psychologist and journalist

Fictional characters[link]

• Buzz (mascot), mascot of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
• Buzz Lightyear, from the Toy Story animated movies
• Buzzbee, official mascot of the breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios
• Buzz, from the Donkey Kong video game series
• Buzz Buzz, from the Super Nintendo game EarthBound
• Buzz, a Neopet from an online virtual pet site
• Buzz McCallister, from the Home Alone movie trilogy
• Buzz Buzzard, nemesis of Woody Woodpecker

Music[link]

• Buzz (band), a Korean pop/punk/rock band
• Da Buzz, a Swedish pop music group
• Buzz (Steps album), a 2000 album by British pop group Steps
• Buzz (Keller Williams album), a 1996 album
• Buzz (Guardian album), a 1995 album from Christian rock band Guardian

Entertainment[link]

• Buzz (DC Thomson), a British comic that ran in the 1970s
• Buzz (TV series), a Canadian comedy television series
• Buzz (film), a 1998 Israeli film by Eli Cohen
• Buzz!, a series of quiz video games

Technology[link]

• Jeskola Buzz, a modular software music studio environment
• Aeroelasticity, fluid instability, or flutter
• Buzz!, a series of quiz video games
• Yahoo! Buzz, a community launched by Yahoo! that publishes user-posted news stories
• Google Buzz, a social update mechanism integrated into various Google products

Other uses[link]

• Buzz (airline), a discount airline formerly operating in Europe
• Buzz cut, American name for a type of haircut in which the hair is sheared very closely to the scalp
• Buzz number, letter and number combination applied to U.S. Air Force aircraft after World War II
• Buzz (dinghy), a sailing dinghy
• Salt Lake Buzz, former name of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team
• Marketing buzz, a term used in word of mouth marketing
• Buzz Cola, a fictional cola drink on The Simpsons

See also[link]

• Bzzz!, a relationship TV game show that aired from 1996 to 1998
• The Buzz (disambiguation)
• Buzzkill (disambiguation)
• Buzzer (disambiguation)

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Look up cut in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Cut may refer to:

• The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely directed force

Mathematics[link]

• Cut (graph theory)
• Branch cut, a concept in complex analysis
• Dedekind cut, a partition of rational numbers
• Cut-elimination theorem

Computing[link]

• Cut (logic programming)
• cut (Unix), a command line utility
• Cut, copy, and paste, a set of editing procedures

[edit] Film and television

• Cut (transition), a transition from one sequence to another
• Cut (censorship), removal of a scene to meet censors' requirements
• Cut (film), a horror comedy
• The Cut (film), 2007 South Korean horror film
• Cut (advertisement), a 2009 British advertising campaign on domestic violence

Music[link]

• Cut (music), an African American music technique
• Cut (C-Tec album)
• Cut (Crack the Sky album)
• Cut (Golden Earring album)
• Cut (Hunters and Collectors album)
• Cut (The Slits album)
• "Cut" (Plumb song)
• Cut drum
• Cut, an album by Flare Acoustic Arts League
• "Cut", a song by The Cure on the album Wish
• "Cut", A slang term for "track" or "song" derived from early song recording when music was recorded on master tapes which had to be literally cut up in order to make the final music release.

Games and sport[link]

• Cut (cards), a method of mixing a deck of cards
• Cut (golf), a means of reducing the number of competitors in a golf tournament or a type of stroke
• Carleton Ultimate Team

Geography[link]

• Cut, Alba, Romania
• Cut River
• Cut, a village in Dumbrava Roşie, Neamţ County, Romania

Schools[link]

• Central University of Technology, South Africa
• Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
• Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
• Curtin University of Technology, Australia
• Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Trade unions[link]

• Central Única dos Trabalhadores, in Brazil
• Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores (Costa Rica)
• Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú

Other uses[link]

• Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past
• Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment
• Cut (earthmoving), an excavation to make way for a transport route
• Cut (etiquette), a snub or slight such as failure to greet an acquaintance
• Cut (gems)
• Cut (novel), by Patricia McCormick
• Cut of meat
• Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications, a UK political pressure group
• Church Universal and Triumphant, a religious movement
• Cincinnati Union Terminal
• Compact Utility Tractor
• Coordinated Universal Time, a time standard
• Cryptic unstable transcript, a type of RNA molecule
• A type of wound
• CUT is the IATA code for Cutral Có Airport, Argentina

See also[link]

• Cuts, a TV series
• Cutting (disambiguation)
• Cutter (disambiguation)
• Cutoff (disambiguation)
• Cut-out (disambiguation)
• Cutaway (disambiguation)

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Rooney Mara
Mara at the Paris premiere of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2012
Born	Patricia Rooney Mara (1985-04-17) April 17, 1985 (age 27)[1] Bedford, New York, United States
Other names	Patricia Mara, Tricia Mara
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present

Patricia Rooney Mara (born April 17, 1985)^[1] is an American film and television actress. Mara made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of the 1984 horror film, and The Social Network. Mara rose to prominence starring as Lisbeth Salander, the title character in the 2011 version of the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first of three Sony Pictures films based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series. For her performance in the film, she received critical acclaim and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Mara is also known for her charity work. She oversees the charity Uweza Foundation, which supports empowerment programs for children and families in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slums in Africa. She is also the younger sister of actress Kate Mara.

Early life and family[link]

Mara was born and raised in Bedford, New York, a town in Westchester County, north of New York City.^[2] The daughter of Timothy Christopher Mara, the vice president of player evaluation for the New York Giants, and Kathleen McNulty (née Rooney), a part-time real estate agent,^[3] she has two brothers, Daniel and Conor, and an older sister, Kate.^[4]

Mara has Irish roots on both sides of her family. Her "Rooney" ancestors originate in Newry, County Down.^[5] Through her maternal grandmother, she is also of Italian descent.^[6][7] Her paternal grandfather, Wellington Mara, the long-time co-owner of the Giants, was succeeded in that position by her uncle, John Mara. Her maternal grandfather, Timothy James "Tim" Rooney, has run Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York since 1972.^[8][9] Mara is the great-granddaughter of both New York Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, Sr.^[10] Her great-uncle, Dan Rooney, is chairman of the Steelers, the United States Ambassador to Ireland, and the co-founder of The Ireland Funds charitable organization.

After graduating from Fox Lane High School in 2003,^[11] she went to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia in South America for four months as part of the Traveling School, an open learning environment. She attended George Washington University for a year, and then transferred to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she studied psychology, international social policy, and nonprofits,^[12][4] graduating in 2010.^[13]

Mara was inspired to act by seeing musical theatre and classic movies, like Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), and Bringing Up Baby (1938), with her mother.^[14] She also wanted to be like her sister, Kate Mara, a professional actress. Patricia resisted pursuing acting as a child, stating to The Journal News that "it never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail."^[2] Her first and only role in high school was Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, which she got after being signed up to audition by a friend.^[15] Mara acted in a few student films while at NYU, and then began her career in acting,^[2] first auditioning at the age of nineteen.^[4]

Acting career[link]

2005–2009[link]

Mara first appeared as an extra in films which starred her sister, including a bit-part in the 2005 direct-to-video horror film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. She found work in television, making her professional debut in a 2006 episode of the drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as a girl who bullies overweight children.^[16] She guest-starred on the legal drama Women's Murder Club in 2007, and played a drug addict in an episode of The Cleaner in 2008.^[17] Mara appeared in the feature films Dream Boy and Friends (With Benefits) that year, and guest-starred as Megan for two episodes of NBC's ER in 2009.

Mara at the Hamptons International Film Festival, 2009

Mara landed her first lead role in Tanner Hall, a coming-of-age film which tells the story of four teenage girls set in a New England boarding school. She played Fernanda, who has an affair with a married family friend (Tom Everett Scott).^[18] The feature was the debut of filmmakers Tatiana von Fürstenberg and Francesca Gregorini.^[19] Tanner Hall debuted at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release in September 2011.^[20] Mara dropped her first name, Patricia, to be known professionally by her middle name after working on the project. "I never really liked my first name," Mara stated to Paper magazine. "I never felt like a Tricia. And Rooney is more memorable".^[21] Her father and younger brother also go by their middle names.^[22]

Mara's experience led to other film work. She appeared in the comedy Youth in Revolt in 2009, starring Michael Cera and directed by Miguel Arteta. Mara played Taggarty, the love interest of Cera’s best friend. Her character tries to sleep with 50 guys before she goes to college.^[23] The film was based on the 1993 cult novel of the same name by C.D. Payne.^[24] Mara had auditioned for the starring role, but was offered the smaller part when the lead went to Portia Doubleday.^[25]

Mara appeared in the independent film Dare in 2009, starring Emmy Rossum. She played Courtney, a high school senior set on expanding her life experience.^[26] Mara also filmed The Winning Season that year, starring Emma Roberts and Sam Rockwell, playing a high school basketball player in a story similar to The Bad News Bears.^[27] Her character has an affair with a 40-something year old shoe salesman (Kevin Breznahan).^[28] Dare and The Winning Season premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Mara was included on Filmmaker magazine's list of "25 New Faces of Independent Film" that year.^[14]

Mara starred in a remake of the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street.^[29] She played the protagonist Nancy Holbrook, a teenage girl who is eager to leave town after graduating from high school.^[30] Mara began shooting the film in Chicago on May 5, 2009, directed by Samuel Bayer.^[31] Mara told Filmmaker that she felt that her Nancy was "completely different from the original" and "the loneliest girl in the world".^[14] Mara had signed on to continue her role if a sequel was made.^[32] She stated to Vogue that she disliked the experience of making the film so much, that it made her question if she wanted to be an actress.^[4] Mara appeared at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2009 as part of its Breakthrough Performers Program, where she was tutored by Sharon Stone.^[33]

2010–present[link]

Mara appeared in the 2010 film The Social Network by David Fincher, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake.^[34] Her character breaks up with Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, which inspires him to start the social networking website.^[21]

In August 2010, Mara was cast as the lead in a film adaptation of the Millennium book trilogy by Stieg Larsson. She played Lisbeth Salander, a damaged bisexual computer hacker who helps journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) attempt to solve a series of murders.^[35] Mara won the role over several other actresses, including Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Carey Mulligan, after two and a half months of auditions and screen tests.^[36][37] David Fincher directed the first film, based on the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, with Scott Rudin producing. The other books, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, will also be adapted, depending on box office performance.^[38] Fincher initially did not picture her as the character but changed his mind when she auditioned.^[39] He convinced executives at Columbia Pictures to cast her for the part.^[40]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo began shooting in Sweden in September 2010.^[41] Mara did not consider the film to be a remake, but another interpretation of the novel. "I plan on giving my interpretation of the character", she stated to Variety.^[42] Mara's long brown hair was cut short and dyed black, in a style reminiscent of 1970s punk and 1980s goth fashions. She also had each of her ears pierced four times, and had her brow and right nipple pierced for the role. Her nose and lip piercings were fake. She kept the nipple piercing so that it would not need to be re-pierced for a sequel.^[1] Mara's eyebrows were bleached, and she wore a temporary dragon tattoo.^[37] She began preparing for the role by starting to skateboard and kickbox, and underwent dialect and computer training. She also visited Stockholm, the setting of the novel.^[43] The film was released on December 20, 2011.^[44] Mara received universal critical acclaim and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her performance.^[45] On January 24, 2012, Mara received her first Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Actress for this role.

In late 2011 it was revealed that Mara had joined the cast of Terrence Malick's latest film, Lawless alongside Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett and Haley Bennett.^[46] Listed as a musical drama that's scheduled to be released sometime in 2013, the plot line of the movie has largely been kept under wraps thus far. An official logline released by FilmNation in February 2012^[47] described Malick's picture as a story of "two intersecting love triangles" and, "sexual obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas."

Rooney Mara has also signed on to appear in Steven Soderbergh's 2013 film adaptation of A Bitter Pill. As the lead character, Emily Hawkins, she'll play "a woman who turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison."^[48] Co-starring alongside Mara in the crime drama/thriller are actors Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vinessa Shaw.

In late April 2012, Rooney was named as the choice replacement for Carey Mulligan in Spike Jonze's upcoming film project. Variety reported^[49] that Mulligan had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, and Mara has apparently been selected to fill in alongside Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix and Samantha Morton. Though details of her role are unclear, Mara would be the final element needed for Jonze to wrap up the planning phase and start filming, according to Variety. The script, penned by Jonze himself, revolves around a man who falls in love with the voice of a computer.

Charity work[link]

Kibera is one of the largest slums in Africa

Mara founded the charity Faces of Kibera, which aimed to provide housing, food, and medical care for orphans in Kibera, a Nairobi, Kenya slum. The charity's goal was to build an orphanage in the region, for which 6 acres of land have been purchased.^[2] The charity auctioned memorabilia from the Steelers and Giants, as well as training camp events on eBay to raise money.^[10]

Mara visited the area as a volunteer in 2006 and was moved to help the orphans, many whose parents have died from AIDS and HIV-related illnesses. She began the charity due to her frustration with the growing number of nonprofits that are just business opportunities. "The people who need help aren’t really getting it. So I started my own", she told Interview magazine in 2009.^[23] Mara was not really working yet when she started the charity, so later found it challenging to balance her charity work and acting career. "I need to do both; I can't just do acting,“ she stated to The Journal News.^[2]

In January 2011, Faces of Kibera merged with Uweza Foundation which runs community-based empowerment programs in Kibera, including soccer leagues and after-school tutoring. Uweza is a Swahili word meaning opportunity, ability, and power.^[50] Mara serves as the president of the board of directors for the foundation.^[51]

Personal life[link]

Mara moved to Los Angeles in early 2007, and lived with her sister temporarily.^[52] Although they do not live together anymore, Mara felt that the experience brought them closer together, and they still regularly discuss the film business and movie scripts.^[2] As of January 2012, Mara lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.^[1] She described football as "....the glue that holds our family together," to the New York Post.^[53] She includes Gena Rowlands among the actors who inspire her, especially her performances in A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Opening Night (1977).^[14]

NFL ties[link]

Her mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and her father's family founded the New York Giants. The families have maintained at least partial ownership of both teams since their foundings.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

	United States portal
	Biography portal

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• Rooney Mara at the Internet Movie Database
• Uweza Foundation website

Too $hort
Too $hort at Martin Luther's Rebel Soul Fest at DNA Lounge in San Francisco, July 2008
Background information
Birth name	Todd Anthony Shaw
Born	(1966-04-28) April 28, 1966 (age 46) Los Angeles, California, U.S.}[1][2]
Origin	East Oakland, Oakland, California, U.S.[1][2]
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper, songwriter, actor, producer
Years active	1980-present
Labels	Jive, Up All Nite
Associated acts	Biz Markie,Slick Rick,Kool Moe Dee,De La Soul,Snoop Dogg,Busta Rhymes,Bushwick Bill,Geto Boys,Ant Banks, MC Breed, Rappin' 4-Tay, Lil' Jon, E-40, Travis Porter, Git Fresh, Snow, George Clinton, Wiz Khalifa, Jay-Z, Cee Lo Green, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent, Layzie Bone,Scarface (rapper),Wu-Tang Clan

Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966),^[1][2] better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper, producer, and actor who started his career at the age of fourteen in Oakland, California.^[1][2]

Career[link]

In the early 1980s, Shaw produced custom songs (called "special requests") for people with his high school friend, Freddy B. In 1985, Too Short had his first release, Don't Stop Rappin' which, along with the following three releases, featured raw, simple drum beats from a LinnDrum drum machine. In the early 1990s his beats came from mostly a TR-808 and from mid-to-late 2000s, a TR-909 was used. In 2005, Too Short and Freddie B. formed the label Dangerous Music to regionally distribute his music.^[3] Dangerous Music became Short Records, and then Up All Nite Records. With his 1989 release, Life Is...Too Short, he began used replayed established funk riffs (rather than samples) with his beats.

Subsequent work was primarily collaborative, including work with Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., and Scarface. One of his noticeable collaborations during this period was on the track "The World Is Filled..." on the classic Notorious B.I.G. album Life After Death; he comes in on the third verse after Diddy and Biggie. Being featured on the album introduced him to a wider audience as well, due to his typical style contrasting greatly with the Mafioso theme of the album. He also appeared on TWDY's hit single "Player's Holiday" from their 1999 debut album Derty Werk^[4] as well as the Priority Records compilation Nuthin but a Gangsta Party.^[5] After these appearances, he began working on his eleventh album, Can't Stay Away. The album included guest appearances by 8Ball & MJG, Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri, Sean Combs, E-40, Daz Dillinger, Lil' Jon, Soopafly, Scarface and B-Legit.^[6] Too Short relocated to Atlanta in 1994, but he did not begin working with a more diverse variety of Southern artists until 2000, when he collaborated with Lil Jon. With the 1999 release of Can't Stay Away, Too Short fully came out of retirement and released a number of new albums within the next few years, most of them taking on a crunk or Dirty South type sound, as he had become involved in the Southern rap scene. However, he didn't totally give up on his trademark funk grooves or sexually explicit style. New albums released 2000-2003 were You Nasty (2000), Chase the Cat (2001), What's My Favorite Word? (2002), and Married to the Game (2003). These albums all charted fairly well, as they all were in the top 71 of the Billboard 200, but they didn't do quite as well as Too Short's earlier 1990s releases as none of them reached the top 10.^[7]

In 2004, his earlier 1990 single "The Ghetto" appeared on popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on West Coast hip hop radio station Radio Los Santos. Given that this was an incredibly popular game at the time, the featuring was acclaimed as a success for Too $hort, both in publicity and in the fame generated by the song.

For his next album, 2006's Blow the Whistle, Too Short now took advantage of the new hyphy rap music that was emerging out of his original home base in Oakland. This saw somewhat of a resurgence for Too Short as it peaked at #14 on the Billboard 200, much better than each of his previous three releases.^[7] However, his subsequent releases, such as 2007's Get Off the Stage, have not been as successful. On October 7, 2008 Too Short was honored by VH1 at the fifth annual "Hip-Hop Honors" along with Cypress Hill, De La Soul, Slick Rick and Naughty By Nature.^[7][7]

In 2009, Too Short recorded for Daz Dillinger, Lil' Jon, Soopafly, Scarface and B-Legit.^[6] In 2011, the rapper was featured on Wiz Khalifa's song "On My Level". He also collaborated in Snoop Dogg's 2011 album, Doggumentary in the song "Take U Home".

Up All Nite Records[link]

Too Short runs his own record label—Up All Nite Records. Artists on the label include The Pack,^[8] Dolla Will, Boo Ski, Eyob Fantay and Li'l J & Boi Payton, FX. In addition to creating Up All Nite Records, Too Short has been a mentor at Youth UpRising, a group serving at-risk youths for several years.

Too Short in film[link]

Too Short played the role of Lew-Loc in the film Menace II Society.

Too Short has also worked in the adult film industry, with the 2003 film Get In Where You Fit In.^[9]

Too Short was an interviewee in American Pimp.

Too Short starred in and performed the music for America's Sexiest Girls 2003.

Too Short has also appeared in an episode of The Game.^[10]

Too Short made a cameo appearance in Jay-z's video for the hit single Big Pimpin'.

Too Short was in VH1's Rock Doc, "Planet Rock"

2012 Controversy[link]

On February 10, 2012, a video by Too Short was posted on XXLMag.com, a hip-hop website published by Dennis Page. In the video, Too Short gives "Fatherly Advice" to late middle-school and high-school boys. Specifically, he offers "a couple of tricks" for "when you start feeling a certain way about the girls." The video caused immediate outcry ^[11] and was soon taken down by XXL, which issued an apology^[12]. Too Short also Tweeted statements in response to the criticism.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• 1983: Don't Stop Rappin'
• 1985: Players
• 1986: Raw, Uncut, and X-Rated
• 1987: Born to Mack
• 1989: Life Is... Too Short
• 1990: Short Dog's in the House
• 1992: Shorty The Pimp
• 1993: Get in Where You Fit In
• 1995: Cocktails
• 1996: Gettin' It
• 1999: Can't Stay Away
• 2000: You Nasty
• 2001: Chase the Cat
• 2002: What's My Favorite Word?
• 2003: Married to the Game
• 2006: Blow the Whistle
• 2007: Get off the Stage
• 2010: Still Blowin'
• 2012: No Trespassing

EPs

• 2010: Respect the Pimpin'

Collaboration albums

• 2012: The History Channel (with E-40)^[13]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Too Short on Myspace
• Too Short interview
• Too Short interview with GSlaps.com
• Two XXL Staffers Suspended Over Explicit Too $hort Video