Episode
This Hardcore Rapper is in BIG Trouble // The Cool C Murder Story
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- Jul 27, 2026
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- 482
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Summary
Christopher "Cool C" Roney was a rising Philadelphia rapper in the late 1980s known for his hit song "Glamorous Life". His music career faded, and on January 2, 1996, he joined fellow rapper Steady B in a botched bank robbery. During the heist, Cool C shot and killed Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird