BIOGRAPHY, AGE AND WIKIPEDIA: Family confirms death of West coast legend and Kenan & Kel rapper, Coolio – KossyDerrickEnt

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hops biggest names of the 1990s with hits including Gangstas Paradise and Fantastic Voyage, has passed away.(Read More Here).

According to reports, his manager announced that the rapper died in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 28, at 59.

The artist, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr, passed away at a friends house, his longtime manager, Jarez Posey, told the Associated Press. A cause of death was not immediately confirmed.

Coolio is best known for his 1995 single Gangstas Paradise, for which he won a Grammy for best solo rap performance. The runaway hit came from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film Dangerous Minds and sampled Stevie Wonders 1976 song Pastime Paradise. He was nominated for five other Grammys during a career that began in the late 1980s.

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BIOGRAPHY, AGE AND WIKIPEDIA: Family confirms death of West coast legend and Kenan & Kel rapper, Coolio - KossyDerrickEnt

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