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I'm not a big rap fan, but Coolio finally reached his Gangsta's Paradise (apperently without the help of a bullet).
That song has become iconic!
RIP Coolio.

Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise rapper dead at 59​

By Tiffany Wertheimer
BBC News


The Coolio set during Groovin The Moo 2019 on April 28, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. (
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Coolio performing in Canberra, Australia in 2019
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 may have had a cardiac arrest.

Coolio, whose real name was 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.

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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.
Snoop Dogg referenced Coolio's world-famous track in his own tribute, writing: "Gangstas paradise. R I P."

He also shared a picture of the two posing on the set of the music video for Gangsta Walk, a track they collaborated on in 2006.
"This is sad news. I witness first hand this man's grind to the top of the industry," fellow rapper and actor Ice Cube said.
MC Hammer described Coolio as "one of the nicest dudes I've known".
"Good people. RIP Coolio," he wrote, sharing a black and white picture of the rapper, and later posting a second picture of the pair together, along with Tupac and Snoop Dogg.

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One of those iconic records of all time not my genre but I class it so high RIP
 
Gone far too young. First had Gangsta's Paradise on Now 32, fond memories! Can still rap along to 95% of the lyrics 27 years later...
 
Same here, they are saying he was a life long asthma sufferer and a fan once saved his life on stage when he had an attack, loved gangstas paradise.
That was at a gig in a small village in Northern Ireland. Place called castlederg where the best thing going for it is the road out.
A hotel owner managed to book him for a gig that held 300 people and he forgot his inhaler and borrowed one from a guy in the audience.
God knows what he thought about playing in a 1 Pub town in backwater Northern Ireland.
 
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