Coolio

Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. "Coolio went ...

His career took off with the 1994 release of his debut album on Tommy Boy Records, It Takes a Thief. "Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend's house, but when he didn't come after a while ... 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Paramedics were called but Coolio was pronounced dead at the scene. Jarez said paramedics suspected he suffered cardiac arrest but an official cause of death ...

Coolio had several others hits including 1994's Fantastic Voyage, 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New) and It's All the Way Live (Now). Paramedics were called but Coolio was pronounced dead at the scene. TMZ reports that Coolio's manager, Jarez told them the rapper was found lying on the bathroom floor at a friend's house on Wednseday afternoon (LA time).

TMZ reports the rapper died on Wednesday at a friend's house in Los Angeles, with his long-time manager Jarez telling the outlet Coolio – real name Artis Leon ...

In 2009, he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after he was found to be in possession of crack cocaine. In 2016, he was arrested at the same airport after allegedly trying to smuggle a loaded firearm through security. He continued releasing albums up until what was to be his final full-length musical release in 2009. When he didn't return, the friend went to check on him and found him unresponsive and laying on the floor. Coolio would go on to win a Grammy and two MTV Video Music Awards for the Stevie Wonder-sampling hit. Paramedics were called but were unable to revive the star, with cardiac arrest the suspected cause of death.

Rapper Coolio has died in Los Angeles at the age of 59, US celebrity news website, TMZ has reported. TMZ reports that Coolio's manager, Jarel Posey aka ...

really refreshing to work with and full of life,” White remembers. The song was the biggest selling single of 1995 on the US Billboard and earned Coolio a Grammy for best rap solo performance. * Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr, rose on the LA rap scene in the late 80s.

The Gangsta's Paradise rapper was found dead at a friend's house in Los Angeles.

Rest In Peace." It's opening track, Fantastic Voyage, would reach No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend's house, but when he didn't come after a while ...

Coolio, whose birth name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1996 for “Gangsta's Paradise.” “ ...

[The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/golfa-s-paradise-interview-coolio-1247021.html) in 1997 that as a child, he would play board games with his mother, to whom he later dedicated his success. Coolio’s other hits included “Fantastic Voyage” — the opening song on his debut album — and “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New),” which were both nominated for Grammys. [his official online biography](https://coolioworld.com/me/). She wrote that the late addition “turned a preachy Michelle Pfeiffer film about an inner-city teacher into a hit that sounded fresher than it really was.” Posey, who worked with the rapper for more than 20 years, said he was told that Coolio died at about 5 p.m. [He said in 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDdX7k3nASE) that after years of lamenting over his struggles in the music industry, he had realized that “people would kill to take my place.” It was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. At a 2016 performance in Brooklyn, N.Y., [Page Six reported](https://pagesix.com/2016/02/25/coolio-has-asthma-attack-on-stage-gets-inhaler-from-crowd/), he had an asthma attack and was saved by a fan who had an inhaler. [PopkillerTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDdX7k3nASE) in 2018 that the song had taken him on “a great ride.” Its popularity has endured for decades, with the music video garnering [a rare billion-plus views on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO76Jlnz6c). [wrote in a review](https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/19/arts/pop-briefs-048089.html) in The New York Times, noting that “Gangsta’s Paradise” uses “the somber minor chords” of “Pastime Paradise,” by Stevie Wonder. [wrote for The Times](https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/26/movies/critic-s-notebook-singing-dancing-and-sinning.html) in 1996. Other hits by Coolio, who won a Grammy for “Gangsta’s Paradise” in the mid-1990s, included “Fantastic Voyage” and “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New).”

Rapper Coolio, who had one of the biggest hits of the '90s with the massive global smash Gangsta's Paradise, has reportedly died aged 59. TMZ reports the r.

Coolio is survived by his 10 children. In 2009, he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after he was found to be in posession of crack cocaine. – had excused himself to use the bathroom.

Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. The cause ...

His career took off with the 1994 release of his debut album on Tommy Boy Records, It Takes a Thief. He worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before devoting himself full-time to the hip-hop scene. The cause was not immediately clear.

The rapper, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at a friend's Los Angeles home, his manager confirmed. The cause of death was not immediately clear.

His big break would come that year with “Fantastic Voyage,” followed by “Gangsta’s Paradise” — a No. “I remember him being nothing but gracious. I wasn’t drinking or smoking or doing the stuff I usually did,” Coolio told the newspaper. [grew up in Compton, Calif.](https://coolioworld.com/me/), and served as a volunteer firefighter before pivoting to a full-time music career. “In firefighting training was discipline I needed. He was 59.

Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred in 1995 film that featured hit single Gangsta's Paradise, among those to pay respects.

[to fund his career as a chef](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/21/coolio-music-catalogue-rights-career-chef). I witness first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. Writing on Twitter, the rapper and actor said: “This is sad news. Its opening track, Fantastic Voyage, would reach No 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. American rapper Snoop Dogg also paid tribute, writing “Gangstas paradise. Please have Coolio’s loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.”

Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeiffer has led tributes to US rapper Coolio following his death aged 59. The musician,...

Former NWA star Ice Cube said he had witnessed Coolio's "grind to the top of the industry" in his own tribute. "I remember him being nothing but gracious. His other credits in the world of television included a cameo in TV's Phat Beach, a role in 1997's Batman And Robin and he provided the theme tune to teen comedy Kenan And Kel. "He touched the world with the gift of his talent and will be missed profoundly. "Heartbroken to hear of the passing of the gifted artist @coolio," she wrote on Instagram, sharing a clip of the film featuring the track. Advertisement

Stars pay tribute to Gangsta's Paradise rapper, who has died at 59 after being found unresponsive.

[He told the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-24-ca-19374-story.html) in a 1994 interview he did so as "a way to clean up". I witness first hand this man's grind to the top of the industry," while [Vanilla Ice tweeted: ](https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1575290453905350656)"I'm freaking out I just heard my good friend Coolio passed away". Musician Al Yankovic posted a picture of himself with the late rapper. He loved telling everyone that." "We ran every day. "Good people. "A life cut entirely too short," she continued. [Flavor Flav said](https://twitter.com/FlavorFlav/status/1575298109638205440) he and Coolio had been due to "perform together this Tuesday", saying his friend was "the West Coast Flavor Flav... [MC Hammer described](https://twitter.com/MCHammer/status/1575300984883974144) Coolio as "one of the nicest dudes I've known". 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. Coolio's manager at Trinity Artists International, Sheila Finegan, said they were "saddened... [grossed nearly £85m](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl709658113/weekend/) (£78m) worldwide and the track became the biggest-selling record of the year in the US, and Coolio was awarded the Grammy for best rap solo performance.

Artist won a Grammy for best solo rap performance in 1995.

3 on the Billboard Hot 100. He worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before devoting himself full-time to the hip-hop scene. The cause was not immediately clear.

Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr, the artist died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey said on Wednesday. The cause of death was not ...

“I witness first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. I witness first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. But the two later made peace. Coolio was sentenced to six months probation and fined $30,000. The cause of death was not immediately clear. “I didn’t write Gangsta’s Paradise – it wrote me,” he said.

Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., had a music career that spanned more than three decades. “As far as what I know now is that he was at a ...

He was a contestant in "Fear Factor" in 2001. "This is sad news. Overall, he has sold more than 17 million records, according to his website. No foul play is suspected, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. for a death investigation, the department said. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the home around 4 p.m.

Rapper Coolio, best known for his hit "Gangsta's Paradise", has died aged 59. Coolio rose to fame in the 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief, ...

Digital journalist for ACM's regional titles. He worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before devoting himself full-time to the hip-hop scene. His career took off with the 1994 release of his debut album on Tommy Boy Records, It Takes a Thief. Before this role, I was the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division and prior to that chief of staff at The Land, where I started as a journalist in 2006. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The cause was not immediately clear.

Uhagarariye inyungu ze yavuze ko basanze Coolio atagihumeka ari hasi mu bwongero bw'inzu y'inshuti ye i Los Angeles.

Naho umuhanzi MC Hammer yavuze ko Coolio yari “umwe mu bantu beza cyane namenye”. Snoop Dogg we yasobanuye ko Coolio mu ndirimbo ye yamamaye, arandika ati: "Gangstas paradise. Coolio yatangiye gukora muzika mu myaka ya za 1980, ariko yashimangiye izina rye mu mateka ya hip hop ubwo yakoraga indirimbo Gangsta's Paradise mu 1995.

His signature song owned the airwaves and proved that an emcee could be gangster and gregarious.

In his later years he had become a creature of reality TV, with appearances on Big Brother UK and Marriage Boot Camp – all while remaining a robust concert draw. When he wasn’t topping the charts, he was walking on to awards shows, celebrity basketball games, sitcoms, films and even kids’ shows – providing the theme song for the Nickelodeon variety show Kenan & Kel. It didn’t help that Dangerous Minds, with its heavy-handed white savior themes, would go on to be regarded as something of a joke, too. It topped the charts in 14 countries and locked out the top two spots on Billboard’s US Hot 100 list on the way to going triple platinum. And yet for all of Coolio’s obvious skill, which really shows up in his early work (he recorded his first single in 1987), he’s easily summed up in one song: Gangsta’s Paradise. On Wednesday, the rapper – real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr – died at a friend’s house in Los Angeles, his manager said.

Coolio, who died on September 28, worked with everyone: Fran Drescher, Kenan, Kel, and Kermit. He is remembered and honored by Ice Cube, the Comics ...

Kenan Thompson expressed his condolences on Instagram Stories, writing, “Wait, now Coolio!!” In a subsequent story, he added, “Damn, homie!!! From the inclusion of “Rollin’ With My Homies” in Clueless, to his roles in Futurama and Dracula 3000, Coolio was omnipresent for much of the ’90s. Coolio, the rapper and actor behind “Gangsta’s Paradise” and the Kenan & Kel theme song,

In 1995, Coolio combined street-tough lyrics with a pop sensibility - and rap would never be the same.

"She brought her son down to the shoot with her and she was cool. His only stipulation was that I had to take the curse words out." "For people that really like Gangsta's Paradise, that's all they really want to hear." And the rapper bristled when his song was lumped in with the so-called "gangster rap" scene. "In many ways, Gangsta's Paradise signalled the end of gangsta, or 'reality' rap as a cult. "I thought it was going to be a hood record," he told The Voice in 2017. "Then I can take them to a deeper level. "She was real nice," Coolio told Kiss FM's Rap show at the time. He was "raised by the street", immersed a life of crime and retribution. That whole choir that you hear was actually me - I did all the parts from soprano down to tenor to the bass." Coolio was 30 at the time the song was written, but the narrator is 23 and he doesn't know if he'll live to see 24. He earned the unwelcome nickname "Un-Coolio".

It started in 1995 in a home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills, where two roommates — a music producer and a D.J. — used to compete over who could find the ...

remembered Coolio and his crew touring the world — Japan, France, Australia — and feeling like they were drawing “Michael Jackson-level” crowds that recited the lyrics along with them. “That was the one little moment in my whole history where there was a problem,” he noted, saying it was “very sweet” of Coolio to have told Vice he had made amends. “He put some magic on that track,” Rasheed said. “I’m not the kind of guy that has beef with people, because I go out of my way to make sure that people are fine with what I do,” he said. The rapper had a handful of hits before and after “Gangsta’s Paradise,” but nothing in his career would top the popularity and cultural influence of that track, which was featured in the 1995 movie “Dangerous Minds” and went on both to win a Grammy and inspire a Weird Al Yankovic [parody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg). While “Amish Paradise” gave Coolio’s song a boost, the track was a smash on its own. Coolio recalled writing his verses in one session, rapping about chasing his dreams and the uncertainty of whether he would live to 24 years old. “Gangsta’s Paradise” spent three weeks atop Billboard’s Hot 100 and was named the chart’s No. The song that it inspired, “Gangsta’s Paradise,” would change both of their lives and catapult an up-and-coming West Coast rapper named Coolio to global stardom. “I walked into the studio, and asked Doug, ‘Wow, whose track is that?’” Coolio told Rolling Stone. (born Larry Sanders), who features on the song, had already started collaborating with Rasheed on the track, he said in an interview, when Coolio wrote those lyrics. “It made him a household name worldwide.”

Coolio, the Grammy-winning rapper, producer and actor best known for his 1995 hit "Gangsta's Paradise," has died. He was 59.

A talented actor as well, Coolio appeared in dozens of films and TV shows throughout his career. His third album, “My Soul,” released in 1997 and contained “C U When U Get There,” which hit No. After the success of “Gangsta’s Paradise” in the mid-’90s, Coolio continued to grow in fame and eventually recorded “Aw, Here It Goes!” for the opening sequence of Nickelodeon’s “Kenan & Kel,” which he also appeared in. A few years later, in 1994, Coolio signed with Tommy Boy Records and released his debut album “It Takes a Thief.” Catapulted by its lead single “Fantastic Voyage,” “It Takes a Thief” peaked at No. where he joined the hip-hop group WC and the Maad Circle in 1991. However, Coolio has said in interviews that the two later made amends.

In 2019, the Grammy Award winning rapper Coolio, who has died at the age of 59, played an intimate gig to about 100 people in Castlederg, County Tyrone. Even ...

"The time that he took to spend with my son, to talk music and to talk to everybody, there was no ego or anything from him, he was just really down to earth for somebody that's a Grammy Award winner landing in Castlederg." "He was a really nice guy and a really nice human being," Mr Doherty reflected when asked for his own tribute to the music star. "A lot of people thought it was a tribute act and a hoax and a PR stunt."

Grammy-winning, rapper, producer and actor Coolio has died. He was best-known for hits "Fantastic Voyage" and "Gangsta's Paradise."

See you when you get there. In 1995, he told the British music magazine The Face that he knew his fame was a Hollywood fantasy and would end soon, but in order to make sure his kids were set, quote, "till then, I'm going to play it for everything I can." COOLIO: (Rapping) My life is your life, and your life is mine. Through thick and thin, I'm your friend till the end of time. I'm a loc'd out (ph) gangsta, set tripping banger. But besides all of that, the song still stands on its own as a piece of hip-hop history.

Everybody knows “Gangsta's Paradise.” Your parents, Stevie Wonder, Weird Al, Michelle Pfeiffer, misguided wedding DJs, the most-soused White person at karaoke, ...

“Gangsta’s Paradise” dropped in August 1995, quickly went multiplatinum in half a dozen countries and eventually became one of the most recognizable rap songs on the planet. And if rap was still on its way to becoming America’s dominant pop idiom in the summer of ’94, “Fantastic Voyage” definitely helped speed everything along. But “Fantastic Voyage,” a breakout single that smothered MTV the summer prior, is the Coolio cut that deserves to bask in its own magic-hour sunshine for perpetuity.