Rapper Coolio, actual identify Artis Leon Ivey Jr., has died. He was 59.
The recording artist, who reached celebrity heights in 1995 together with his haunting observe Gangsta’s Paradise, was discovered unresponsive Wednesday night time at a good friend’s Los Angeles dwelling, this in line with TMZ.
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His official reason for demise is in fact nonetheless unknown, however paramedics reportedly consider he died of cardiac arrest. Jarez Posey, the previous Compton resident’s supervisor, says Coolio was visiting a good friend in El Lay Wednesday afternoon when, after being alone within the rest room for a while, the good friend began to grow to be involved. EMTs have been referred to as to the home round 4 p.m., and he was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
So f**king tragic. 59. That’s nonetheless too younger!!!
No foul play is suspected, and no medicine or drug paraphernalia have been discovered on the scene, however officers have opened a demise investigation.
’90s followers acknowledge Gangsta’s Paradise as some of the defining songs of the last decade, having been the #1 hit single off the soundtrack for Harmful Minds. The movie’s star, Michelle Pfeiffer, even performed a job within the iconic music video (above), and the observe reigned #1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 for 3 weeks. In ’96 it received the Grammy for Greatest Rap Solo Efficiency — and was licensed TRIPLE PLATINUM by the RIAA!!
However one-hit-wonder he was not! Different singles of his embody Unbelievable Voyage, C U When You Get There, Hit ’em Excessive, and the enduring Clueless go-to, Rollin’ With My Homies. You too can thank him for the Kenan & Kel theme tune:
We really have misplaced a legend. Sending our ideas to his household and family members. Could he relaxation in peace.
[Image via FayesVision/WENN.]