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Coolio: Paradise Regained

Cliff Jones, The Face, December 1995

At 15 Coolio embraced a life of crime and violence that left him addicted to crack and almost dead. His song 'Gangsta's Paradise' is the biggest rap hit of the year, yet those dark days are never far away. This is the story of one man's long walk through the valley of death

Total word count of piece: 2012

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