Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” returns to the charts 30 years after its release, debuting at No. 7 on the Official Vinyl Singles chart. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 17: Rapper Coolio performs live ...

The rapper tallied three top 10s on the Hot 100 and two on the Billboard 200, and sparked a "Weird Al" Yankovic parody hit. Coolio infused Billboard‘s charts with multiple hits in the 1990s, with his ...

If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice’s “Pazz & Jop” ...

On this day in 1995, Coolio was joined onstage by Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Awards to perform “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which also won Single Of The Year. The song famously reworks Wonder’s ...

This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary.With the unfortunate death of beloved rapper Coolio, hip-hop lovers have been mourning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapper Coolio talks to Yahoo Entertainment about how his smash hit, "Gangsta's Paradise" came to be. He explains how Stevie Wonder ...

When Coolio first heard the demo that became Gangsta's Paradise, he had the same reaction as the rest of us. "I was like, 'Damn, I really like this song.'" The Pennsylvania-born, Compton-raised rapper ...

Coolio is best known for his hit single 'Gangsta's Paradise', and it is this song for which he'll most be immortalised. The rapper has died at the Los Angeles home of a friend. He was 59. It quickly ...