If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice’s “Pazz & Jop” ...

On this day in 1995, Coolio was joined onstage by Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Awards to perform “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which also won Single Of The Year. The song famously reworks Wonder’s ...

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary.With the unfortunate death of beloved rapper Coolio, hip-hop lovers have been mourning ...

In the aftermath of rapper Coolio's unexpected death, stars and fellow musicians are sharing their sadness and offering their condolences to the "Gangsta's Paradise" artist's family. As of this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Entertainment ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio dies at age 59 Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for “Gangsta's Paradise,” the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer ...

Tink made her return back in February with Thanks 4 Nothing, a 14-track body of work with features from Ty Dolla $ign and Yung Bleu. Over the weekend, the Illinois ...

Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Grammy Award-winning rapper, actor and producer Coolio, may have been born in Pennsylvania, but throughout his career, he always claimed Compton as his home turf.

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 ...

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 ...