Coolio's song Gangsta's Paradise is celebrating the 30th anniversary in 2025. Music producer Doug Rasheed reflects on the loop he created for the opening and the production process during an interview ...

Coolio, the US rapper best known for the chart-topping 1995 song "Gangsta's Paradise," has died, his manager said Wednesday. He was 59 years old. The Grammy-winning musician passed away in Los Angeles ...

Before he was Coolio, Artis Leon Ivey Jr. was just a kid growing up in Compton and South Central Los Angeles, at a time when middle class hope gave way to something very different. “Compton was ...

In the 1990s hip hop and RnB world, no one would have imagined Coolio’s hit song “Gangsta’s Paradise” celebrating its 30th anniversary in a digital mansion in the metaverse. Now, merging old-school ...

Manoj Kumar, fondly known as ‘Bharat Kumar’, passed away at the age of 87 in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. The iconic actor breathed his last at Kokilaben Hospital, leaving behind a cinematic ...

Coolio, whose Nineties music was a staple on radio, a favorite on MTV, and included the hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died Wednesday at the age of 59. Coolio’s manager, Jarez Posey, confirmed the rapper’s ...

“Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported Thursday. The ...

LOS ANGELES — “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported ...

Coolio, the rapper best known for his mega-hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died from a fentanyl overdose, according to a coroner’s report released Thursday. Coolio also had heroin and methamphetamines in ...