{"id":6661,"date":"2022-09-29T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicassent.com\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2022-09-29T08:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:30:13","slug":"coolio-gangsta-paradise-rapper-found-dead-at-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicassent.com\/coolio-gangsta-paradise-rapper-found-dead-at-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolio, &#8220;Gangsta Paradise&#8221; Rapper, Found Dead at 59"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coolio, whose real name is\u00a0<strong>Artis Leon Ivey Jr<\/strong> passed away Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, California. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5508462008285512\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Music News and Media 2021 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5508462008285512\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5649630934\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>According to TMZ, Coolio&#8217;s longtime manager,\u00a0<strong>Jarez<\/strong>, says Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend&#8217;s house, but when he didn&#8217;t come out after a while \u2026 the friend kept calling for him, and eventually went in and found Coolio laying on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">No drugs were found at the scene. Police have opened a death investigation, but as of right now there does not appear to be signs of foul play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5508462008285512\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- Music News and Media 2021 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5508462008285512\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5649630934\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Coolio began his rap career in the 80s around L.A. In 1995 when he released &#8220;Gangsta&#8217;s Paradise&#8221; for the soundtrack of the\u00a0<strong>Michelle Pfeiffer<\/strong>\u00a0film, &#8220;Dangerous Minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Coolio - Gangsta&#039;s Paradise (feat. L.V.) 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