Gangsta's Paradise Rapper Coolio Dead At 59

Rapper Coolio, actual identify (*59*) Leon Ivey Jr., has died. He was 59.

The recording artist, who reached famous person heights in 1995 along with his haunting monitor Gangsta’s Paradise, was discovered unresponsive Wednesday evening at a good friend’s Los Angeles dwelling, this in line with TMZ.

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His official explanation for dying is after all nonetheless unknown, however paramedics reportedly imagine he died of cardiac arrest. Jarez Posey, the previous Compton resident’s supervisor, says Coolio was visiting a good friend in El Lay Wednesday afternoon when, after being alone within the toilet for a while, the good friend began to grow to be involved. EMTs had been known as to the home round 4 p.m., and he was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

So f**king tragic. 59. That’s nonetheless too younger!!!

No foul play is suspected, and no medication or drug paraphernalia had been discovered on the scene, however officers have opened a dying investigation.

’90s followers acknowledge Gangsta’s Paradise as some of the defining songs of the last decade, having been the #1 hit single off the soundtrack for Dangerous Minds. The movie’s star, Michelle Pfeiffer, even performed a job within the iconic music video (above), and the monitor reigned #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks. In ’96 it gained the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance — and was licensed TRIPLE PLATINUM by the RIAA!!

But one-hit-wonder he was not! Other singles of his embrace Fantastic Voyage, C U When You Get There, Hit ’em High, and the enduring Clueless go-to, Rollin’ With My Homies. You may also thank him for the Kenan & Kel theme track:

the best way television and hip-hop had been so linked within the 90s is one thing i’ll always remember. and it gave us the most effective songs within the kenan and kel theme by coolio. relaxation in peace. pic.twitter.com/D4t9H28b1e

— nadirah (@hinadirah) September 29, 2022