The 1995 song changed the rapper’s life, bringing a rush of stardom — along with a new level of success that he was unable to match again. By Julia Jacobs It started in 1995 in a home in Los ...

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death / I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left—the soulful, shrewd lines of “Gangsta’s Paradise” have been blasting out ...