Coolio

The rapper Coolio died at the age of 59 in Los Angeles, his manager has confirmed. The artist, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr, passed away at a friend's ...

He also [wrote a cookbook](https://www.amazon.com/Cookin-Coolio-Star-Meals-Price/dp/1439117616) and appeared on [celebrity cooking shows](https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped/photos/chopped-tournament-of-stars-round-2-highlights). [cooking series](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/06/coolio.cookery.book) which grew an [online following](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOB6XH-e-RA). [told the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-24-ca-19374-story.html) in 1994. I wasn’t drinking or smoking or doing the stuff I usually did.” He worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before devoting himself full-time to hip-hop. Earlier this year, the song hit one billion views on YouTube.

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).”

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 ...

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

The artiste, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, according to longtime manager Jarez Posey.

He was sentenced to six months probation and fined US$30,000. “I witness first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. “This is sad news,” Ice Cube said on Twitter. It's opening track, Fantastic Voyage, would reach No 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Advertisement The cause was not immediately clear.

Coolio won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance for Gangsta's Paradise. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The song nearly did not make it into the hit film Dangerous Minds (1995), critic Caryn James wrote for The New York Times in 1996: “Coolio’s song Gangsta’s Paradise, a late addition to Dangerous Minds, turned a preachy Michelle Pfeiffer film about an inner-city teacher into a hit that sounded fresher than it really was.” “Coolio still builds his raps on recognisable 1970s oldies, and he delivers intricate, syncopated rhymes as if they were conversation,” music critic Jon Pareles wrote in a review in The New York Times in 1995, noting that Gangsta’s Paradise uses “the sombre minor chords” of Pastime Paradise (1976), by singer Stevie Wonder. When he did not return for a “long time”, his friends broke down the door and found Coolio on the floor, he said.

Coolio, the West Coast rapper with hits such as Gangsta's Paradise and Fantastic Voyage, has passed away at 59. His friend and manager, Jarez Posey, confirmed ...

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Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend's Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59.

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The Grammy-winning musician, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately provided. Advertisement.

LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the United States rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song "Gangsta's Paradise," has died in Los Angeles aged 59, his manager said on Wednesday (Sept 29). LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the United States rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song "Gangsta's Paradise," has died in Los Angeles aged 59, his manager said Wednesday (Sept 29). Coolio began his rap career in California in the late 1980s, but gained global fame in 1995 when he released "Gangsta's Paradise" for the soundtrack of the film "Dangerous Minds".

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.

LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the United States (US) rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song "Gangsta's Paradise," has died, his manager said Wednesday ...

#Coolio," wrote Questlove. "Peaceful Journey Brother. An enduring star of gangsta rap, Coolio's high-spirited music videos brought him an increased following. "I didn't write Gangsta's Paradise — it wrote me," he said. "A life cut entirely too short." 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.

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.”

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.

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

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.

Coolio, who grew up in Compton and died Wednesday afternoon, won a Grammy for 'Gangsta's Paradise,' which was featured in the movie 'Dangerous Minds.'

He was best known for the 1995 song “Gangsta’s Paradise,” off the album of the same name. No official cause of death has been determined, but cardiac arrest was suspected, Posey told the website. Coolio, the Grammy-winning rapper best known for the 1995 single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” has died, his longtime manager confirmed Wednesday to The Times.

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.

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,

The song stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks, he won a Grammy for best rap solo performance and Weird Al Yankovic even did a cover of it ...

In 1997, off his third album, “My Soul,” Coolio dropped “C U When U Get There” featuring 40 Thevz and it was met with high praise around the globe. Coolio checks in to give a sex education lesson in his 1995 hit “Too Hot,” and every line he raps in this thoughtful song is still valid in 2022. Rapping about K&K’s misadventures and schemes, “Aw, Here It Goes” also gave us a glimpse into how Coolio viewed the guys, likening them to “Siegfried and Roy or Abbott and Costello. Off his 1994 debut album “It Takes a Thief,” there was, and still is, nothing like cranking this tune to the highest decibel while cruising in your own ride, wanting to take that ride with Coolio. Coming up in Compton, Coolio was already a well-respected emcee when he joined the group WC and the Maad Circle in 1991, contributing to their debut album “Ain’t a Damn Thang Changed.” But everything did change for him in 1995 when the film “Dangerous Minds” was released with his song “Gangsta’s Paradise” on the soundtrack. Coolio always excelled at delivering feel-good songs with a meaningful messageand this song from the “Gangsta’s Paradise” album is a prime example.

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.”

'Dangerous Minds' star Michelle Pfeiffer honors Coolio: 'Life cut entirely too short'. Coolio wearing a black jacket and holding a microphone to his mouth.

In 1996, he parodied the rapper’s biggest hit with “ [Amish Paradise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg).” [“Gangsta’s Paradise” music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO76Jlnz6c), including scenes of Pfeiffer. “I remember him being nothing but gracious,” Pfeiffer added. “30 years later I still get chills when I hear the song. He won a Grammy for his brilliant song on the soundtrack — which I think was the reason our film saw so much success.” “As some of you may know I was lucky enough to work with him on Dangerous Minds in 1995.

Coolio, the rapper whose hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59.

He was sentenced to six months probation and fined $30,000. Rest In Peace, @Coolio.” [“Weird Al” Yankovic tweeted](https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/1575312521497452546) “RIP Coolio” along with a picture of the two men hugging. [said on Twitter](https://twitter.com/icecube/status/1575295135516020737). And with his distinctive persona he would become a cultural staple, acting occasionally, starring in a reality show about parenting called “Coolio’s Rules,” providing a voice for an episode of the animated show “Gravity Falls” and providing the theme music for the Nickelodeon sitcom “Kenan & Kel.” 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The cause was not immediately clear.

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."

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.

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.