American rapper Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) arrives at Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards 2015 held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 6, 2015 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo ...

LOS ANGELES - The estate of rapper Coolio plans to release a studio album later this year that the Grammy-winning hitmaker had been working on in the days before he died. "Long Live Coolio" will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

The "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper died in September at age 59 More than six months after he was found dead at a friend's house in Los Angeles, a cause of death for rapper Coolio has been revealed. The ...

Rapper Coolio's death at age 59 was caused by the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Details of the "Gangsta's ...

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’s cause of death, initially thought to be from natural causes, wound up being classified as accidental because drugs and drug paraphernalia that were found at the scene, according to a medical ...

The estate of rapper Coolio plans to release a studio album later this year that the Grammy-winning hitmaker had been working on in the days before he died. “Long Live Coolio” will be the first ...