Coolio recorded eight studio albums and won an American Music Award and three MTV Video Music Awards Stars including Michelle Pfeiffer and Snoop Dogg have been paying tribute to the US rapper ...

who wouldn’t allow “profanity” in any songs sampling his work. Over his career, Coolio sold more than 17 million records, according to his website. Despite that, and the continuing popularity of ...

Coolio, the Grammy-award winning rapper best known for his number one single "Gangsta's Paradise," is dead at 59, his representative confirmed to Insider. The rapper, whose real name was Artis ...

The song would create a wide cultural footprint, including a viral “Weird Al” Yankovic parody. Coolio also contributed the popular theme song for the Nickelodeon television show Kenan & Kel ...

As fans flocked online to post tribute messages, watch Coolio videos and share memories of listening to his music, a kind and thoughtful side of the Grammy Award-winning artist, famous for his tough ...

while other songs only get heard on a random streaming shuffle or when a DJ plays them at a hip-hop-themed day party. From Camp Lo to Coolio, here's a list of oft-forgotten hip-hop gems of the ...