With "Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio landed a world hit in the mid-1990s, which should still be in the ears of many today. Later he also works as an actor. Now the rapper dies at the age of 59
The US rapper Coolio is dead. He died in Los Angeles at the age of 59, as his manager Susan Heber announced on Wednesday. She did not initially provide information on the cause of death. Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., celebrated his biggest success in 1995 with the hit "Gangsta's Paradise".
As "TMZ" reports, Coolio died at the house of a friend he was visiting. He went to the toilet and when he didn't come out after a while, the friend checked on him and found him lying on the floor, they said. The paramedics, who pronounced him dead, assumed cardiac arrest, but the investigation was ongoing. The investigators did not find any drugs or drug paraphernalia on site, TMZ continues. An autopsy should clarify the exact cause of death.
