His parents divorced when he was 11, and searching for a way to fit in at school, he started running with the Baby Crips and getting into trouble. Even so, he still wasn't really accepted and was never formally inducted into the gang; he tried to make up for it by creating a menacing, unstable persona and carrying weapons to school, and his once-promising scholastic career wound up falling victim to his violent, poverty-stricken environment. -
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I'd advise you change your thread title to "Coolio did grow up in an environment filled with gangs", then maybe your point would be clearer.
The title of this thread (including the use of the caps on the word "is") is misleading as it infers that you think he is currently involved with gangs, yet you contradict this with your last post.
It's hardly surprising people are challenging your posts.