West Hollywood, CA) Saturday April 24th, legends collide when platinum hip hop recording artist Too $hort steps onto the Key Club stage. Fresh off the sold out Murphy Lee concert on 3/22 at Key Club, in which Nelly made a unexpected 40 minute live appearance on stage, local live music promoters " Sean Healy Presents" SHP return to the Key Club to bring another hot urban show to Hollywood. Doors open at 7:00pm and tickets are $25.00 by calling 310-274-5800 or by going to www.ticketmaster.com.

Oakland, California, where he moved at the age of 14. His first introduction to rap, not a familiar form on the west coast at this time, came after hearing the Sugarhill Gang and Melle Mel. In 1983, on the back of three years hustling his own homemade tapes with partner Fred Benz, Too $hort signed to independent label 75 Girls. Four albums later followed. After another album he set up his own Dangerous Music Company in 1986, co-founded with manager Randy Austin. Born To Mack whistled up sales of over 50,000 from the trunk of the artist's car, and Jive Records became intrigued by thi s parochial phenomenon. They re-packaged Born To Mack which went on to go gold and establish Too $hort as the first west coast rap star.

His first Jive album proper, Life Is ... Too $hort, which went platinum and stayed in the US pop charts for 78 weeks, helped in no small part by rumours about the rapper having met a violent death. The album was also released in "Clean" and "Explicit" versions, a practice that would soon become commonplace in hip-hop. Short Dog's In The House, where titles like "Pimpology" illustrated the sort of material on offer. Its saving grace was a double-take with Ice Cube on his anti-censorship hymn, "Ain't Nothin' But A Word To Me".  Musically, Too $hort had always based his career on a diet of samples drawn from the likes of Sly Stone, Graham Central Station and Kool And The Gang.

Following the release of 1996's Gettin' It (Album Number Ten), the rapper set-up his own Short Records label and announced his retirement from recording. Re-establishing his name with several prominent guest appearances on tracks by the Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim and Jay-Z among others. Too $hort later renegotiated his contract and returned with 1999's Can't Stay Away.Despite rumors of a retirement four or five albums ago, Short Dawg has proved he has no intention of quitting - living up to the "Don't Stop Rappin'" motto he coined two decades ago. At only 37, there's no reason to think barring death or throat cancer that he won't be recording raps for ANOTHER two decades. His Nov.2003 release, "Married to the Game" provides ample evidence that retirement at this point would be a grave mistake. Lil Jon produces and guests on the lead single "Shake That Monkey," but it's Too $hort that gives the song it's drive and personality.