“I have felt like I owe a debt to Oakland, and that nothing I do will ever repay it because of the life that I was given through Oakland.'
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“I have felt like I owe a debt to Oakland, and that nothing I do will ever repay it because of the life that I was given through Oakland," Too Short told SFGATE. Oakland City Councilmember Noel Gallo, who proposed the street renaming along with Mayor Libby Schaaf, said he knew Too Short when the rapper attended Fremont High.
“Too Short came out representing Oakland, putting Oakland on his back in a time when the Bay Area wasn’t the first place people looked to for hip-hop. When we think about who put Oakland on the map within the hip-hop canon, it’s going to be Todd Shaw,” said Dr. Andrea L. Moore, associate professor of ethnic studies at California State University, Sacramento.
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