Coolio is best known for his hit single 'Gangsta's Paradise', and it is this song for which he'll most be immortalised. The rapper has died at the Los Angeles home of a friend. He was 59. It quickly ...

The Grammy Award-winning artist was also behind the hit singles "Fantastic Voyage," "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" and "C U When U Get There." By Abid Rahman ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Michelle Pfeiffer movie Dangerous Minds was released — and while it was a hit at the box office, the real success story was its theme song, “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Compton ...

American rapper Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) arrives at Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards 2015 held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 6, 2015 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo ...

Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Grammy Award-winning rapper, actor and producer Coolio, may have been born in Pennsylvania, but throughout his career, he always claimed Compton as his home turf.

On this day in 1995, Coolio was joined onstage by Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Awards to perform “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which also won Single Of The Year. The song famously reworks Wonder’s ...

The rapper tallied three top 10s on the Hot 100 and two on the Billboard 200, and sparked a "Weird Al" Yankovic parody hit. Coolio infused Billboard‘s charts with multiple hits in the 1990s, with his ...

Coolio, known for massive 1990s hip-hop hits like “Fantastic Voyage,” “C U When U Get There,” “1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)” and the Dangerous Minds movie theme “Gangsta’s Paradise,” has died of a suspected ...

The West Coast rap legend's slippity-slide aesthetic was a breath of fresh air — and it holds up incredibly well. Even after the hits, he never stopped hustling He wrote the whole song on the spot.

Falling In Reverse have released a music video for their cover of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise. The track is taken from Fearless Records' Punk Goes ‘90s Vol. 2 compilation, which is out now. Watch the ...

US artist Coolio’s career album sales totalled 4.8 million with 978 million on-demand streams of his songs, and he was nominated six times for a Grammy award. Singer Coolio performs on his Oxygen ...

Coolio, the Grammy-winning rapper, producer and actor best known for his 1995 hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” has died. He was 59. The rapper’s longtime manager Jarel Posey confirmed the news to Variety, ...