Rap and hip-hop icon dead at 59 after private health battle: ‘Rest easy my brother’
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., has died at the age of 59 after being found unresponsive at a friend’s home in Los Angeles. The artist was best known for his 1995 global hit "Gangsta's Paradise" and other late-1990s successes that defined the era's hip-hop sound. Peers and fans across the music industry have paid tribute to the icon, whose death was later attributed to a cardiac event following a private battle with health issues.
He was best known for a late 1990s hit.
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