The Rapper Coolio has died of unknown causes at the age of 59, according to multiple reports, including one from TMZ and another from The Blast. Coolio, whose real name was Artis Ivey Jr., was reportedly found unresponsive in his Las Vegas home by his family on Wednesday morning (August 1).
Authorities who responded to the scene say that he’d passed away several hours earlier; no official cause of death has been announced as of yet. The singer is best known for his 1995 hit Gangsta’s Paradise, which reached No.