Rapper Coolio died this Wednesday (28) at 59 years old of still unknown causes. According to the information on the portal TMZthe artist died at the home of a friend and his manager, jarez told the publication that the singer went to the bathroom and did not return.
The landlord called coolio and I have not received a reply. When I managed to open the bathroom door, she found the singer lying on the floor.
cooliothe artistic name of Artis Leon Ivey JrHe was born in Compton, Los Angeles, a 1 August 1963. In this region other successful names of international music have started their activities, such as for example Dr. Dre, ice cube And Kendrick Lamar.
Since childhood, the rapper suffered from asthma and used the pump frequently. At that time, according to an interview that coolio granted to the newspaper The independent in 1997 he had a great influence from his mother.
“He taught me all the board and card games you can imagine”started coolio. “When I was 10, he’d invite people over to our house to play dominoes and trick them! He’d let them win and then he’d say, ‘You’ll be sorry, my 10-year-old and I will tear you apart!’revealed.
“He would have bet $ 50. Then I would have walked in and we would have finished them, man.”said the rap singer.
But coolio he faced several problems in his teens when he started being part of a gang. Eventually he was arrested by the police and became crack addict.
Years later, his life took a turn when he became Volunteer Firefighter until you enter the Forestry Corps and Fire Brigade of the state of California. He became religious, with faith in Christianity and overcame his drug addiction.
Until, in 1995, his great success came, Gangsta’s paradisewhich was included in the film’s soundtrack Dangerous minds.
When indicated by The independent as a symbol of gangsta rapthe singer retorted this statement: “We rapped about our reality. They should call it reality rap or street rap, hood rap,” he said. “They chose to call it gangsta rap just to scare people. I don’t consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I probably have more right to call myself that than people who classify themselves as that. I lived that life.” concluded.
Between the years 1994 and 2009, coolio registered eight studio albumsbeing the last, From the bottom 2 the top .
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