Coolio—“Gangsta’s Paradise”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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Coolio
He's absolutely underrated. He was in the middle of the G-Funk era, you know, he was a prime figure. Coolio did that exact same thing where he was like socially conscious, but also really funny. His first single for Tommy Boy was about being a rapper and still having to go stand in the welfare line.
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