Coolio, who was amongst hip-hop’s largest names of the Nineteen Nineties with hits together with Gangsta’s Paradise, died on Wednesday on the age of 59.
The US rapper, whose authorized identify was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died on the Los Angeles house of a pal.
Coolio’s supervisor at Trinity Artists Worldwide, Sheila Finegan, confirmed the demise to the PA information company.
Coolio received a Grammy for greatest solo rap efficiency for Gangsta’s Paradise, the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer movie Harmful Minds.
He was nominated for 5 different Grammys throughout a profession that started within the late-Nineteen Eighties.
The rapper additionally turned well-known within the UK for his appearances on actuality tv.
He got here third within the sixth collection of Movie star Huge Brother in 2009 and went on to affix the solid of Final Huge Brother the next 12 months, the final collection of the present to air on Channel 4.
The rapper was born in Pennsylvania, however later moved to Compton, California, the place he launched his first single in 1987.
He recorded Gangsta’s Paradise for the 1995 movie Harmful Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and it went on to turn into one of the profitable rap songs of all time.
The observe topped the US Billboard Scorching 100 for 3 weeks and received Coolio the Grammy award for greatest rap solo efficiency in 1996.