Pioneering west coast rapper Too Short was arrested for DUI in Hollywood early Wednesday after allegedly trying to flee on foot during his sobriety test, cops told the Daily News. The pre-dawn bust went from bad to worse for the “Blow the Whistle” rapper when he tried to ditch narcotics in the back of a cop cruiser and was rearrested for felony drug possession, police said.
“He was stopped for DUI investigation, ran from officers and actually tripped and fell,” Lt. Marc Reina of the Los Angeles Police Department told the Daily News. “He got maybe half a block and was taken into custody there,” Reina said. “He discarded narcotics in the police car.”
The rapper, born Todd Anthony Shaw, rose to fame in the late ’80s with the double platinum album “Life is…Too Short.” He became known for his use of funk riffs and sexually explicit lyrics and later collaborated with Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G. and Snoop Dogg.
Shaw, 46, was first arrested at 3:10 a.m. Wednesday and then re-booked for the felony drug possession charge at 5:58 a.m. He was back in the news last month when he shot down rumors he was involved in a shooting and fatal car crash on the Las Vegas Strip that left Oakland rapper Kenny Clutch and two others dead.
A message on his Facebook page said he was not in Vegas at the time and had “no knowledge or connection to this incident.”
