{"id":1665951,"date":"2022-09-30T07:24:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665951"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:25:14","slug":"iconic-grammy-winning-rapper-coolio-dead-at-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-grammy-winning-rapper-coolio-dead-at-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Grammy-Winning Rapper Coolio Dead at 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficonic-grammy-winning-rapper-coolio-dead-at-59%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Iconic Grammy-winning rapper Coolio, most famous for his hit song \u201cGangstas Paradise,\u201d died on Wednesday while visiting his friend in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/09\/28\/coolio-dead-dies-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., went into the bathroom at his friend\u2019s house and did not come out until he was found dead lying on the floor.<\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-006e64281d8162e5cc32a6301b5264d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-672cff58b0eb657a585163bfb6a4a4f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Coolio\u2019s longtime manager,\u00a0Jarez, says Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend\u2019s house, but when he didn\u2019t come after a while \u2026 the friend kept calling for him, and eventually went in and found Coolio laying on the floor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<section id=\"cb-37a5273020d1aba815668f9b0727cd05\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019re told the friend called EMTs, who arrived and pronounced Coolio dead on the scene \u2014 and Jarez tells us the paramedics suspect he suffered cardiac arrest. An official cause of death has not been determined.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-213f00eea0ff7ffad946fd08437822d1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\">Coolio launched to international stardom in 1994 when his song \u201cGangstas Paradise,\u201d for the Michelle Pfeiffer-starring vehicle <em>Dangerous Minds,<\/em> became a chart-topping pop culture sensation, staying at number 1 for three weeks. He also provided the intro song for the Nickelodeon show <em>Kenan and Kel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<section id=\"cb-f5cd72095bfea09c16caf3fa0bc002e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-80886be61f7b38041c938abd16c8ff1f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\">\u00a0<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic Grammy-winning rapper Coolio, most famous for his hit song \u201cGangstas Paradise,\u201d died on Wednesday while visiting his friend in Los Angeles. 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