Coolio died aged 59 at his Los Angeles home in the United States of America on September 28, 2022. [Courtesy] Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits ...

When Coolio first heard the demo that became Gangsta's Paradise, he had the same reaction as the rest of us. "I was like, 'Damn, I really like this song.'" The Pennsylvania-born, Compton-raised ...

Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, won a Grammy for the 1995 track Gangsta's Paradise ... on to become one of the most successful rap songs of all time, helping to bring the genre ...