Coolio, the Compton-raised rapper with the trademark braids who won a Grammy in 1996 for his hit No. 1 song “Gangsta’s Paradise” from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer-starr…
Coolio had been playing concerts over the summer in South America and in Europe and as recently as last week in Chicago.
Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. in Pennsylvania, Coolio was a volunteer firefighter for a time before turning to music. Coolio released a few non-charting single in the early 1990s before hitting it big in 1994 with “Fantastic Voyage,” a rap remake of the 1979 Lakeside song. It spent five long weeks at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and pushed his Tommy Boy LP into the Top 10. The album and single, which also made the Top 10 in New Zealand, both went platinum.
He followed that success with another hit single, “1, 2, 3, 4 ,” which reached No. 5 in the U.S. That same year, Coolio wrote and performed “Aw, Here It Goes,” the theme song for the Nickelodeon comedy starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. It played over the credits for more than 60 episodes. Coolio continued to write, record and tour, but would not match those songs’ success. His 1996 single “It’s All the Way Live ” — which sampled another Lakeside hit — dented the top 30, and the following year’s “C U When U Get There” with 40 Thevz” peaked at No. 12.Big Brother, ultimately leaving the house after numerous conflicts with others in the house.
, where he helped Sabrina Spellman , Zelda Spellman and Hilda Spellman to look for their cat Salem, who was kidnapped by a little boy. His other credits includein an episodes titled “Gangsta’s Paradise.”. The 1990s-set coming-of-age story followed a girl who’s caught between two worlds: the fast-paced lifestyle of Las Vegas and her strong Mormon faith and community.
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