Coolio first achieved recognition as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle. Coolio sold 4.8 million albums in the U.S. [4] He also created the six-episode reality television show Coolio's Rules (2008), the web series Cookin' with Coolio, and published a cookbook.

Rapper Coolio, known for songs such as "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died in Los Angeles at the age of 59. In July 2022, the song reached a milestone 1 billion views on YouTube.

Rapper Coolio's cause of death at 59 determined to be effects of ...

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Seven years ago Coolio, talked to radio host Sway on his show “Sway in the Morning” about battling cocaine addiction. “My nemesis was cocaine,” Coolio said. “I used to do coke in the ’80s, and...

With over 17 million records sold worldwide, Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist Coolio is an artist known around the world as a musical and cooking master of extraordinary reinvention.

Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died Sept. 28 at the Los Angeles home of a friend. His death led to an outpouring of tributes by celebrities, including Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube.

The rapper Coolio died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, documents from the Los Angeles County coroner's office show. Coolio died on Sept. 28, 2022, at a friend's home in Los Angeles.