Rapper Coolio, liable for Nineties hit track Gangsta’s Paradise, has reportedly died aged 59.
The US rapper, whose actual title was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died on Wednesday, his supervisor confirmed to a number of US shops.
He was discovered unresponsive on the toilet ground of a pal’s home in Los Angeles, based on TMZ.
Coolio got here third within the sixth sequence of UK Celeb Huge Brother in 2009, dropping out to broadcaster Terry Christian, who was the runner up, and presenter and mannequin Ulrika Jonsson, who received.
However together with Jonsson he went on to affix the forged of Final Huge Brother the next yr in 2010, the final sequence 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 probably the most profitable rap songs of all time.
The monitor topped the US Billboard Sizzling 100 for 3 weeks and received Coolio the Grammy award for finest rap solo efficiency in 1996.
The track was additionally parodied by US musical comic Bizarre Al Yankovic, as Amish Paradise, although on the time it was claimed that Coolio had not given him permission to take action.
Nevertheless, Coolio said in interviews that the pair had since made amends.
Yankovic paid his respects to Coolio with a brief tribute on social media.
Sharing an image of the pair embracing, he wrote: “RIP Coolio”.
After information of his demise broke, officers at Wrigley Area in Chicago performed the hit track in addition to Coolio’s Implausible Voyage all through the stadium, because the hometown Cubs hosted the Philadelphia Phillies
Coolio was nominated for 5 different Grammys throughout a profession that started within the late-Nineteen Eighties.
Amongst these to reply instantly to the experiences was fellow US rapper Vanilla Ice, who stated he was “freaking out” after listening to the information.
“I’m freaking out I simply heard my good pal Coolio handed away,” the rapper, actual title Robert Matthew Van Winkle, wrote on Twitter.
In his personal on-line tribute, US rapper LL Cool J wrote: “Relaxation in energy my brother. @Coolio Love and Respect”.