Courtesy of Billy Jam’s channel, 1990 live footage of Too $hort plus an interview where he defends his right to say whatever he wants on his own records. Taken from a local Bay Area TV documentary called Rap City Rhapsody. $hort might have had the Shane McGowan teeth during this era, but he also had the illest custom Life Is… Too $hort varsity jacket. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, old NorCal rappers had the best clobber. Life is… too short to dress square.
There must be something in our mother’s waters because all Rap fiend white guys have had the Billy Jam hairdoo at some point. Peep ya host Messy Mart circa 1989 probably listening to Run-D.M.C or Ice-T.
Scope the civilian wardrobe. I got my folks to buy me that Nike quarter-zip sweatshirt because it sorta looked like the blue sweatshirt Corey Haim wore in The Lost Boys. Pretty awkward… for a fashion victim.
Previously: This Is Tha Barker.
