{"id":496930,"date":"2022-09-29T05:39:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T02:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/coolio-found-dead-at-59\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T05:39:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T02:39:03","slug":"coolio-found-dead-at-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/coolio-found-dead-at-59\/","title":{"rendered":"#Coolio found dead at 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dc5eb52df8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/coolio-found-dead-at-59\/#%E2%80%9CCoolio_found_dead_at_59%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Coolio found dead at 59&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/coolio-found-dead-at-59\/#The_Compton_emcee_released_the_smash_hit_%E2%80%9CGangstas_Paradise%E2%80%9D_in_1995\" >The Compton emcee released the smash hit \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise\u201d in 1995.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCoolio_found_dead_at_59%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Coolio found dead at 59&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Compton_emcee_released_the_smash_hit_%E2%80%9CGangstas_Paradise%E2%80%9D_in_1995\"><\/span>The Compton emcee released the smash hit \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise\u201d in 1995.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237521\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1400407580_onadjv\/coolio-found-dead-at-59.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1400407580_onadjv\/coolio-found-dead-at-59.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1400407580_onadjv\/coolio-found-dead-at-59.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1400407580_onadjv\/coolio-found-dead-at-59.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1400407580_onadjv\/coolio-found-dead-at-59.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Coolio found dead at 59\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Ethan Miller<br \/>\n        \/<\/p>\n<p>      Getty Images<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237522\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Coolio has died. TMZ <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/09\/28\/coolio-dead-dies-los-angeles\/\">first reported the news<\/a> and the Compton emcee\u2019s manager, Jarez Posey, has since <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/coolio-dead-obit-1234602038\/\">confirmed<\/a> to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/09\/coolio-dead-ganstas-paradise-rapper-1235130102\/\">multiple outlets<\/a>. The FADER has reached out to Posey for independent confirmation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Posey told TMZ that Coolio went to the bathroom at a friends house and didn\u2019t come out. The friend entered the room after the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er didn\u2019t respond to his calls and found him unconscious on the floor, Posey said. EMTs arrived shortly thereafter and pronounced him dead on the scene around 5 p.m. Pacific Time. He was 59. No cause of death has been released.<\/p>\n<p>            This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes availble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237523\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coolio - Gangsta&#039;s Paradise (feat. L.V.) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fPO76Jlnz6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('237523');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237524\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Coolio was born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. on August 1, 1963. He grew up in Compton, California and attended Compton Community College. He recorded his first single, \u201cWhatcha Gonna Do,\u201d in 1987 and had already established himself as a force in Los Angeles\u2019 exploding gangsta rap scene by the the time he dropped his first studio LP, <i>It Takes a Thief<\/i>, in 1994. The following year, he released what remains his most popular record, <i>Gangsta\u2019s Paradise<\/i>, anchored by its lead single and title track. The song was quickly certified <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le platinum, selling three million copies within six months of its initial release. <i>Billboard<\/i> listed it as the biggest-selling single of the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            In the following 27 years, he would go on to make six more studio albums, act in dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and TV shows, and get involved in environmental causes, becoming a spokesperson for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America as well as the Environmental Justice and Climate Change campaign, which tasked him and Posey with educating students at historically black colleges and universities on the causes and dangers of global warming. He recently ran for vice president of the United States of America, campaigning with adult film actress Cherie DeVile during her short-lived bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination.<\/p>\n<p>            He is survived by six children and an ex-wife, Josefa Salina, whom he married in 1996 and divorced in 2000.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Ethan Miller \/ Getty Images Coolio has died. TMZ first reported the news and the Compton emcee\u2019s manager, Jarez Posey, has since confirmed to multiple outlets. The FADER has reached out to Posey for independent confirmation. 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