Coolio‘s estate has announced a posthumous album from the late rapper titled LONG LIVE COOLIO, with features including Too $hort, Naughty By Nature’s Treach and extra.
The announcement arrived through press launch on Wednesday (March 15), which additionally revealed the lead single “TAG ‘You It’” that includes $hort will arrive on Friday (March 17).
A video might be included with the discharge of “TAG ‘You It’,” which was filmed earlier than Coolio’s September 2022 passing. The tune and visible “pay homage to ’90s Hip Hop” in response to the press launch, and is “catchy, raunchy, and raw in all of the right ways with an extravagant and humorous video in perfect Coolio fashion.”
LONG LIVE COOLIO would be the “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper’s first LP since his 2009 providing From the Bottom 2 the Top.
Coolio unexpectedly handed away on the age of 59 on September 28. According to his longtime supervisor Jarez, the Los Angeles native was visiting a pal’s home on the time and went to the lavatory, however by no means got here again. His pal went to examine on him and ultimately found the Grammy Award-winner laying on the lavatory ground. Paramedics had been referred to as to the home, however he was pronounced useless on the scene.
Before his premature passing, Coolio was on the verge of finalizing a deal for a Las Vegas residency. The run would have been for 10 reveals on the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, beginning in late October and going via mid-November.
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He was additionally making ready to deliver his “Kwanzaa-bot” character again to Futurama for the cartoon’s forthcoming revival on Hulu. With his traces and some bars already recorded, the present will transfer ahead with the character’s return and can dedicate the episode to Coolio’s reminiscence.
At the highest of the brand new yr, a customized gravestone for the late rapper was unveiled, which options pictures and a homage to his greatest file, “Gangsta’s Paradise.”
According to TMZ, Coolio’s girlfriend Mimi enlisted the assistance of a person by the identify of Cemetery Tim, who has additionally accomplished headstones for the late Nate Dogg, Eazy-E and Anthony Johnson. Though Coolio was cremated, his household needed a bodily place to go pay their respects, and the piece was delivered to them simply earlier than the brand new yr.
It’s since been set at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles.
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