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27 years after the release of “Gangsta’s Paradise”, Coolio’s influence on modern music has grown exponentially. Coolio was not the first to tell stories of people trapped in violent cycles of retribution, of social consciousness, of survival, of acceptance. But he reached a broader audience than any previous hip hop artist, expanding the realm of possibilities of what artists could do, and what they could achieve with their music.

“Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?”