Gangsta’s Paradise Crooner Coolio Passes On At 59
The Grammy-winning rapper Coolio passed away on Wednesday after being discovered unconscious at a friend’s Los Angeles residence, according to the New York Times. He was 59.
The single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” from the 1995 album of the same name, is what made Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., famous.
The next year, that song, a huge smash that was used in the movie Dangerous Minds, received a Grammy Award for best rap solo performance.
According to his manager Jarez Posey, the rapper passed away at a nearby hospital at around 5 p.m. Pacific time (8 p.m. EDT). Ivey had previously been discovered unconscious in a friend’s restroom, Posey told the newspaper.
The cause of death wasn’t immediately known.
Ivey, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1963, started performing in Compton, California, as a part of the West Coast hip-hop culture.
He had a Top Ten hit with the song “Lakeside” off of his 1994 first album, “It Takes a Thief.”
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