Coolio's haunting track from it, which samples the Stevie Wonder song Pastime Paradise for its chorus, went on to become one of the most successful rap songs of all time, helping to bring the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Coolio died aged 59 at his Los Angeles home in the United States of America on September ...

One that could only have been told with the perspective Coolio gained from his teenage years. And the rapper bristled when his song was lumped in with the so-called "gangster rap" scene.

During that era, rap music gained more attention from mainstream ... 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 ...

Over the coming years, Coolio's trademark humorous, reflective rap style gained even more popularity and in 1996 he won a Grammy for Best Solo Rap Performance for the song "Gangsta's paradise." ...