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- ↑ "Poison Clan – Don't Sleep On A Hizzo / Put Shit Pass No Ho (1993, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ↑ "Artist Search for "poison clan"". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 December 2021.