The award-winning rapper Coolio, who was among hip-hop’s biggest names during the 1990s with his pop-infused style, died Wednesday afternoon at a friend’s Los Angeles home, his manager confirmed. He was 59.
The artist’s cause of death remains unknown.

“He touched the world with the gift of his talent and will be missed profoundly,” Sheila Finegan, Coolio’s manager,​ said in a statement to The Washington Post.

Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. in Monessen, Pa., on Aug. 1, 1963, the rapper grew up in Compton, Calif., and served as a volunteer firefighter before pivoting to a full-time music career. His stint with a firefighting crew in the San Jose area was “a way to clean up,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1994.

“In firefighting training was a discipline I needed. We ran every day. I wasn’t drinking or smoking or doing the stuff I usually did,” Coolio told the newspaper.
Some of his popular songs include;
Gangster's paradise
I see you when you get there.
I still listen to these songs every day

Rip "Gangsta's Paradise," Coolio

Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin' that's my fav line on that song

C U when you get there

---Rest in peace to a rap legend---'c u when u get there'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzDN7mCDoC0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMyVP2sT7oE

---Here's a good interview conducted by Sway with Coolio some years ago---

Indomie generation will not know this legend.

I love your music, your voice especially.

Good night Coolio