Coolio
Submerged
Coolio's Rules
The Convent
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Red Water
Dracula 3000
In Pursuit
Phat Beach
Get Over It
China Strike Force
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
Stealing Candy
Dear God
A Wonderful Night in Split
Judgment Day
Three Days to Vegas
Celebrity Paranormal Project
Gang Tapes
Pterodactyl
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty
Gang Warz
Grad Night
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Storm Watch
Dope Case Pending
Gangland
Celebrity Big Brother
Tapped Out
Born 2B Gangsta?
Love Hollywood Style
Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids
Bad Trip
Perfume
The Beat
Sides
Exposed
Celebrity Bootcamp
On the Line
Batman & Robin
Coolio Life story
Artis Leon Ivey Jr., known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper. First rising to fame as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle, Coolio achieved mainstream success as a solo artist in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief, Gangsta's Paradise, and My Soul.
How Gangsta's Paradise changed the course of hip-hop
...When Coolio first heard the demo that became Gangsta s Paradise, he had the same reaction as the rest of us...
Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise rapper dead at 59
...US rapper Coolio, known for the iconic hit Gangsta s Paradise, has died at the age of 59...
Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise rapper dead at 59
US rapper Coolio , known for The Iconic hit Gangsta's Paradise, has died at the Age Of 59.
His longtime manager Jarez Posey told US media The Artist was found unresponsive on The Bathroom floor of a friend's house in Los Angeles .
Coolio started Making Music in the 1980s, but he cemented his place in Hip Hop history when he recorded Gangsta's Paradise in 1995.
The exact cause of his Death on Wednesday has Not Yet been revealed.
However Mr Posey told TMZ, which first reported The News , that paramedics believed he had a Cardiac Arrest .
Coolio , whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr, won a Grammy for Gangsta's Paradise, which was part of the soundtrack for The Movie Dangerous Minds starring Michelle Pfeiffer .
The Haunting track continues to be widely listened to and has just passed a billion streams on Spotify, according to his official website.
Over a career spanning four decades he recorded eight studio albums and won an American Music Award and three MTV Video Music Awards.
His other hits included Fantastic Voyage , Rollin' With My Homies , 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New), and Too Hot.
He was active right up until his Death - Coolio was in The Middle of a tour with other 90s stars including Vanilla Ice and Young Mc , and they performed in Texas just a few days ago.
" I'm freaking out I just heard my good friend Coolio Passed Away , " Vanilla Ice wrote on Twitter .
Source of news: bbc.com
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