Coolio

New music from Coolio is underway, nearly a year after the “Gangsta’s Paradise” artist died in September 2022. “A Star Is Born,” the first posthumous single from the rapper born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., premiered Friday. A posthumous album called “Long Live Coolio” will follow later this year, the Associated Press reported Friday. The four-minute song, which tracks Coolio’s rise to stardom from his upbringing in Compton, is one of 11 songs on “Long Live Coolio.” The album boasts a handful of guest artists including Treach of…

Coolio Died Of Fentanyl Overdose, Reveals Manager ( Photo Credit – IANS ) American rapper Coolio died due to fentanyl, his manager Jarel (Jarez) Posey has confirmed. The rapper’s family said he also had traces of heroin and methamphetamines in his system. Coolio died on September 28 at the age of 59. The cause of his death was not immediately known at the time, though it was later believed that he suffered a heart attack, reports Variety. According to TMZ, the Grammy-winning rapper, producer and actor was found at a…

Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died from a fentanyl overdose, his manager said on Thursday, six months after the musician was found dead at a friend’s home in Los Angeles at the age 59.Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr, Coolio was best known for his 1995 single Gangsta’s Paradise, from an album of the same name.That song, a massive hit featured in the film Dangerous Minds, won a Grammy Award for best rap solo performance the following year.Coolio’s manager, Jarez Posey, said the rapper’s family had been informed on Thursday by the…

A posthumous Coolio album is on the way.On Friday, the official video for lead track “Tag ‘You It’” with Too Short and DJ Wino was released. The visual—directed by Kniknotti and Kev—takes a playful, ’90s-inspired approach to interpreting the song.Watch “Tag ‘You It’” up top. According to Billboard, fans can soon expect Long Live Coolio, though an exact release date has not been confirmed. In September of last year, Coolio died at the age of 59. The following month, the I Love the 90s Tour—which was initially set to…

Coolio reportedly died without a will, and seven of his children are likely to inherit his estate.According to legal documents obtained and summarized Tuesday by the Blast, Coolio’s former manager recently filed a probate case to appraise the late “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper’s estate. The adults among the musician’s 10 children are listed as his next of kin and probable beneficiaries, according to the Blast.The estimated value of Coolio’s estate is more than $300,000, the Blast reported. That number reportedly includes…

Late rapper Coolio will be featured in an upcoming episode of the “Futurama” reboot that he recorded weeks before his death. The “Gangsta’s Paradise” emcee, who died Wednesday at 59, will reprise his role of Kwanzaa-bot, the subversive series’ Kwanzaa counterpart to its Santa Claus Robot and the Hanukkah Zombie. The rapper recorded both new music and original dialogue for the animated sci-fi comedy’s 2023 revival on Hulu, according to series executive producer David X. Cohen.“Coolio was one of my favorite guests,” Cohen…

Coolio, who has died suddenly aged 59, was an accessible star of the US west coast hip-hop scene whose 1995 single Gangsta’s Paradise became one of the most successful rap songs of all time, topping charts around the world.Although he had emerged in the late 1980s from the same Los Angeles neighbourhood as the combative hip-hop artists Dr Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube and the rest of the NWA crew, Coolio’s subject matter and demeanour were lightweight in comparison with some of his peers. Gangsta’s Paradise, which appeared in the…

Hours after Grammy-winning “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio died Wednesday, “Dangerous Minds” actor Michelle Pfeiffer saluted him as a “gifted artist.”“A life cut entirely too short,” Pfeiffer captioned an Instagram video posted Wednesday evening. “As some of you may know I was lucky enough to work with him on Dangerous Minds in 1995. He won a Grammy for his brilliant song on the soundtrack — which I think was the reason our film saw so much success.”The rapper was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor at a friend’s…

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. His death yesterday at 59 was a shock to the L.A. hip-hop scene. Coming up in Compton, Coolio was already a well-respected emcee when he joined the group WC and the Maad Circle in 1991, contributing to their debut album “Ain’t a Damn Thang Changed.” But everything did change for him in 1995 when the film “Dangerous Minds” was…

Coolio’s hairstyle was one of a kind: trademark twists sat atop his head like Medusa’s snakes. It was a look that defined 1990s hip-hop as much as Tupac’s nose piercing and Flavor Flav’s clock chain, even if no one ever imitated it (perhaps only Coolio had the dexterity to thread those thin braids through the holes of his baseball cap).On Wednesday, the rapper – real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr – died at a friend’s house in Los Angeles, his manager said. The 59-year-old was a critical figure in establishing west coast…