Rapper Coolio is dead at 59
The “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper was found unresponsive on Sept. 28.
Coolio, the award-winning rapper, has died. He was 59.
The “Gangsta’s Heaven” rapper — whose genuine name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr. — was tracked down dead on Wednesday, Sept. 28, his administrator Jarez Posey affirmed to The present time.
As per Posey, Coolio was at a companion’s home in Los Angeles and was tracked down lethargic in the restroom.
Posey said he believed the rapper had a heart attack but an official cause of death is unknown.
An LAPD spokesman told NBC News that Coolio’s death is being investigated as as a death where foul play is not immediately suspected.
The rapper was pronounced dead at a South Los Angeles residence after Los Angeles Fire paramedics responded around 4 p.m. to the 2900 block of Chesapeake Avenue, officials said.
The LAPD is at present the lead analytical organization for the situation. The case will then be given over to the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office which will eventually give a post-mortem examination report.
He released his first album, “It Take a Thief,” in 1994, which hit No. 8 on the Billboard 200. In 1995, Coolio released “Gangsta’s Paradise” featuring L.V for the film “Dangerous Minds. It would become his biggest hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks. The track earned him a Grammy award for Best Rap Solo Performance.
In August of this year, the video joined YouTube’s one billion views club.
“Yo, what’s up you all? We just hit one billion,” he said in an Instagram video. “I need to thank everyone for every one of the long stretches of affection and being there for me. I want to believe that I helped you through a few great times and helped you through a few terrible times, cuz he d- – – sure helped me through some… it’s on and it’s on and it’s on.”
Coolio released a total of eight studio albums, with his last being 2009’s “From the Bottom 2 the Top.” Aside from his music career, he also appeared in a number of TV shows like “Martin,” “All That,” “The Nanny,” “Gravity Falls,” “Teachers,” “Charmed” and “Kenan & Kel,” for which he performed the theme song.
He also made appearances in films like “Batman & Robin,” “Judgment Day,” “Leprechaun in the Hood,” “Get Over It” and “Dracula 3000.”
Upon hearing news of his death, celebrities and fans posted their condolences on social media.
“This is sad news. I witnessed first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. Rest In Peace @Coolio,” Ice Cube tweeted.
Melissa Joan Hart likewise shared a still from “Sabrina the High school Witch,” composing on Instagram, “I had the astounding distinction to work and play with @coolio a couple of times and he was dependably down for a visit, a total refined man and a lot of enjoyable to hang with. What a misfortune! Find happiness in the hereafter!”
Coolio had been visiting as a feature of the “I Love the 90s” shows, which included craftsmen like Vanilla Ice, Each of the 4 One and Consider Me Badd. He was next planned to act in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sept. 30.
Vanilla Ice likewise tweeted, “I’m blowing a gasket I just heard my old buddy Coolio died.”