Rapper Coolio, best known for his enormous popularity in the 1990s, has died at the age of 59, reports TMZ.
Emergency personnel at the scene believe he died of a heart attack, while the official cause of death has yet to be revealed.
According to TMZ, Coolio, whose name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died on September 28, 2022, late in the afternoon, while visiting a colleague in Los Angeles.
According to his manager, Jarez, when Coolio left a friend’s house to go to the bathroom, the friend called him when he didn’t come out.
The friend called Cooli several times before finally giving up and going to the bathroom, where he discovered Cooli lying on the floor, according to TMZ.
According to TMZ, the friend called 911, who later arrived on the scene and pronounced Coolie dead.
“Jarez informs us that paramedics believe that Coolio suffered a cardiac arrest. A friend reportedly called 911, who responded and pronounced Coolie dead at the scene. An official cause of death has not been determined,” according to TMZ.
With his albums Gangsta’s Paradise (1995), It Takes a Thief (1994), and My Soul (1994), Coolio became a well-known artist in the mid-to-late 1990s (1997).
His best-known song, “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which won a Grammy Award in 1995, as well as the singles “Fantastic Voyage” (1994), “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)” (1996) and “CU When U Get There” is what made him most famous (1997).
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