COOLIO aka “Jugalo Cool” Passes Away at 59

We unfortunately have to bring you some super stale news tonight.  Earlier this afternoon, Coolio, most notable for the super smash 90s rap hit “Gangster’s Paradise”, has passed away at only 59 years old.

While the ultimate cause of death has not been determined yet, TMZ has reported that he had a heart attack at a friend’s house and was unable to be resuscitated.

Check the full article courtesy of TMZ below.

From TMZ.com:

Coolio died Wednesday in Los Angeles … TMZ has learned.

The rapper who achieved enormous success in the 90s was visiting a friend late Wednesday afternoon when he passed away.

Coolio’s longtime manager, Jarez, says Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend’s house, but when he didn’t come after a while … the friend kept calling for him, and eventually went in and found Coolio laying on the floor.

We’re told the friend called EMTs, who arrived and pronounced Coolio dead on the scene — and Jarez tells us the paramedics suspect he suffered cardiac arrest. An official cause of death has not been determined.

Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., came up on the L.A. rap scene in the late 80s, but blew up nationally in 1995 when he released “Gangsta’s Paradise” for the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film, “Dangerous Minds.”

The song reached #1 and stayed there for 3 weeks.

While ‘Paradise’ became his signature hit, Coolio had several others … including 1994’s “Fantastic Voyage” — which hit #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — as well as “1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New)” and “It’s All the Way Live (Now).”

Coolio was 59.

RIP

Rest in Peace to a legend and long-time Juggalo homie.

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