'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper, hip-hop icon Coolio dies at 59

‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio dies at 59

LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.Coolio died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. The...

Coolio, rapper whose hit Gangsta’s Paradise was the first hip-hop song to sell a million copies in Britain – obituary

He credited his speedy writing of the song to ‘divine intervention. It wanted to come to life, and it chose me as the vessel’

More details revealed about sudden death of Gangsta's Paradise rapper, Coolio

Medics attempted CPR on the 59-year-old for 45 minutes before he was pronouned dead on the bathroom floor of a friend's house.

'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper, hip-hop icon Coolio dies at 59

The somber 1995 song that launched the rapper to hip-hop stardom, quickly became a sort of anthem for millions of fans.

‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio dies at age 59

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” d…

Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper, dead at 59

His Grammy-award winning hit Gangsta's Paradise became one of the defining songs of the nineties . Today, tributes have been paid to Coolio, who's died at the age of 59. The rapper - whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Junior - was found unresponsive at a friend's house in…