Straight outta East Palo Alto—then murder capital of the U.S.—teenage dropout Mary Chapin sold drugs for a gang, lost family and friends to street violence, and faced a grim future of despair. One desperate day, she wandered into a back alley church, found salvation, and discovered a soaring voice that launched her as a nationally beloved singer-preacher...
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New Orleans legend James "Hurricane" Finlay blew into LA's Skid Row, mentoring a young prodigy who became "Jimi Homeless" and sparked a wild comedy-rock phenomenon. His raw blues tracks, produced amid chaos, have been released and are the fuel behind a rockumentary film chronicling street survival and musical rebellion...
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Once upon a time a young prodigy was born in the filthy streets of Skid Row. He found a one-string guitar in a dumpster and taught himself to play. As fate would have it, an old New Orleans bluesman discovered him and taught him the tricks of the trade. Making his mark as a rock artist on the Sunset Strip, his "Jimi Homeless Experience" band became a world-wide sensation...
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