Coolio

Rapper Coolio, the award-winning has died on Wednesday, Sept. 28, . He was 59

Rapper Coolio was found unresponsive in the bathroom at a friend's house in Los Angeles

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Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died Wednesday

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Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage,"

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Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for "Gangsta's Paradise,"

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His career took off with the 1994 release of his debut album on Tommy Boy Records, It Takes a Thief.

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Coolio released a total of eight studio albums, with his last being 2009’s “From the Bottom 2 the Top.”

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He also made appearances in films like “Batman & Robin,” “Judgment Day,” “Leprechaun in the Hood,” “Get Over It” and “Dracula 3000.”

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Over his career, Coolio sold more than 17 million records.i

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