American rapper Coolio, known for the hit “Gangsta’s Paradise”, has died at the age of 59.
His manager, Jarez Posey, told the American media that the artist was found without signs of life on the bathroom floor of a friend’s house in Los Angeles.
Coolio started making music in 1980, but he cemented his place in hip-hop history when he recorded the legendary song “Gangsta’s Paradise” in 1995.
The exact cause of his death has not yet been revealed.
However, Posey told TMZ that doctors believed he may have had a cardiac arrest.
Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., won a Grammy for “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which was part of the soundtrack to the film Dangerous Minds with Michelle Pfeiffer.
