George Strait

Sadly, Jenifer was killed in an automobile accident in 1986 at the age of thirteen. "Short Dogg" continues to make guest appearances, records, and movies. He is still married to Norma and lives on a ranch near Cotulla, Texas. Too $hort, a.k.a. are avid team ropers and Strait hosts the annual George Strait Team Roping Classic. He is credited for coining the phrase "Bee-yatch" in hip-hop/gangsta rap -- as he states on his track "These Are The Tales," I won't sue you/ that's the trademark/ I was a grown ass man when you was playin' in the park...that's my gift to the rap game. Too $hort is also making a contribution to the porn industry, as he currently has 3 movies available. He and George Jr. He guest appeared on his close friend Lil Jon's album and scored a hit record with the track "Bia Bia" along with Ludacris and Chyna White.

Strait enjoys fishing and riding motorcycles. $hort has come from rapping over raw drum beats, through the G-funk era, through the Bay Area signature sound, and on his latest efforts, the crunk era. In 2004, Strait topped the Astrodome attendance with 68,679 people coming to his rodeo concert at the larger stadium. In the late 90s $hort relocated from Oakland to Atlanta, but he still represents his Oakland roots as on his 2003 record he has a track titled "California Girls." Along with his crafty appearances, $hort has been able to remain a prominent figure on the underground scene, a West Coast hero, and an overall legend by constantly updating and reinventing his sound. The rodeo event moved to Reliant Stadium in 2003. Other notable hits include, "Ain't No Bitches," "Money In The Ghetto," "I Want To Be Free," "You Nasty," "I Luv," "Just Another Day," "Good Life," "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches," "Don't Stop Rappin," "Freaky Tales," and "The Ghetto.". The event set the record for paid attendance at the Astrodome with 68,266 people. Although $hort's hit list is lengthy, the biggest hit of his career is perhaps, "Cocktales," which appeared on his 1995 album Cocktails.

Since 1983, Strait has often appeared at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and recorded his album For the Last Time: Live From the Astrodome the last time the rodeo was staged at the Astrodome in 2002. After the G-funk era came to an end and he relocated to Atlanta, he began working with a more diverse variety of artists including Twista and Lil Jon. He also appeared as himself in The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Grand Champion (2002). Diddy), E-40, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Soopafly, B-Legit, as well as well recognized verses by $hort himself. He had a bit part in The Soldier (1982) and starred in Pure Country (1992). The album included guest appearances by Eightball & MJG, Puff Daddy (now P. Strait has acted in two feature films. In 1996, he claimed he was retiring, but Ice Cube brought him out to do guest appearances including the hit "Player's Holiday" which appears on T.W.D.Y.'s debut album and Priority Records compilation "Nuthin But A Gangsta Party." After the appearances, he began working on his 11th album which was appropriately titled Can't Stay Away, and is considered by many to be his best album next to Cocktails.

He also holds the career record for Country Music Association (CMA) nominations with seventy-three. In his early years, $hort teamed up with close friends Ice Cube and producer Ant Banks to create several classic records. As of late 2004, Strait has had a record 50 #1 country singles. Of his 15 albums, classics that stick out in his collection include Get In Where You Fit In (1993), Cocktails (1995), Gettin It (1996), Can't Stay Away (1998), and Married To The Game (2003). He was one of the best-selling country singers of the 1980s, and one of the few from that decade who survived the influx of pop-country singers like Garth Brooks in the early 1990s. Over the years, Too $hort has released many albums hailed as classics, along with appearing on more top selling albums than any other artist in the game through his collaborations, which include over 60 guest appearances to date. This was followed by "Down and Out" and then a whole series of #1 singles, beginning with "Fool Hearted Memory" in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Too Short is a legend in the game, and has dropped 15 albums to date, with his latest being Married To The Game, which contains the hit singles "Choosin" featuring Jagged Edge and the club banger "Shake That Monkey" ft. Lil Jon.

"Unwound" was his first single and his first Top Ten hit. As of 2004, Too $hort is one of the few artists to have released six back-to-back platinum albums (others include LL Cool J and Ice Cube). It was also in 1981 that his second child, George Jr., was born. He also played percussion in his high school marching band. Strait has stayed with MCA throughout his career. They would glamorize a person on a 30-minute tape, and the transaction would usually cost $10. In 1981, Strait went to Nashville, Tennessee to team with MCA and try a solo act. In the early 1980s $hort produced custom raps for people with his high school friend, Freddie B.

An operator of one of the bars the band had played had connections at MCA Records. Too $hort is now based in Atlanta, Georgia. While playing with the band at night, Strait managed a cattle ranch during the day. He has released over ten albums and recently founded his own label. In the late 1970s, the band recorded several singles in a Houston studio that were released under the Dallas, Texas based "D" record label, but the band ultimately failed (though they do still play as George Strait's touring band under the same name). Through his music, Too $hort has cultivated a persona of a no-nonsense pimp, and is widely credited for popularizing pimp culture in hip hop, along with Ice T, Slick Rick, and Snoop Dogg. They gained a regional following and opened for national acts such as The Texas Playboys. Too Short, or Too $hort, (born Todd Anthony Shaw on April 28, 1966) is a rapper who started his career in his hometown of Oakland, California.

The band played honky tonks and bars around south and central Texas and as far east as Huntsville and Houston. While attending SWTSU, he joined the Ace in the Hole Band. He graduated in 1979 with a degree in agriculture. After leaving the army in 1975, Strait went back to school at Southwest Texas State University (SWTSU) in San Marcos, Texas.

While still in Hawaii, George and Norma had their first child, a daughter, Jenifer in 1972. During the stint in the army, he began performing with an Army sponsored band, Rambling Country (who played off the base under the name Santee), when he was stationed in Hawaii. In 1971, he enlisted in the United States Army. They repeated their vows in a church in Texas a few weeks later.

After graduating from high school, Strait enrolled in college but dropped out and eloped to Mexico with his high school sweetheart, Norma. Strait counts country singers Merle Haggard, George Jones, Bob Wills and Hank Williams as his early influences. He began playing with a rock band in high school, but his preference turned to country music. His mother left the family taking his sister with her while he and his brother remained with his father.

When he was fourth grade, Strait's parents divorced. The Straits would leave Pearsall on the weekends and the summers to work at the family's 2,000 acre (8 kmē) cattle ranch outside Big Wells, Texas. His father, John, was a Junior High math teacher. Strait was born in Poteet, Texas and grew up in Pearsall, Texas.

George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country singer. 27, 2004. Retrieved Aug. George Strait's Official Web Site (http://www.georgestrait.com/awards.asp).

"Awards". 27, 2004. Retrieved Aug. George Strait's Official Web Site (http://www.georgestrait.com/discography_main.asp).

"Discography". CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1985). CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1986). CMA - Album of the Year (Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind) (1985).

CMA - Entertainer of the Year (1989). CMA - Entertainer of the Year (1990). CMA - Album of the Year (Blue Clear Sky) (1996). CMA - Single of the Year (Check Yes or No) (1996).

CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1996). CMA - Album of the Year (Carrying Your Love With Me) (1997). CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1997). Strait Country (1981).

Strait From The Heart (1982). Right Or Wrong (1983). Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984). Greatest Hits (1986).

Something Special (1985). #7 (1986). Merry Christmas Strait To You (1986). Ocean Front Property (1987).

II (1987). Greatest Hits Vol. If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (1988). Beyond the Blue Neon (1989).