Coolio, the American rapper who achieved international stardom with his hit song “Gangster’s Paradise,” has died, according to a report.
The beloved artist who was 59 visited a friend in Los Angeles on Wednesday and went to the bathroom but never came out, the report said.
According to the report, when the friend went to check on Coolio, he found him unresponsive on the floor.
First responders declared him deceased at the scene.
Coolio’s cause of death remains unclear, but his manager said the paramedics believe he died from cardiac arrest.
Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Ivey Junior, rose to fame through the rap game in Los Angeles in the 1980s, but he became a national name with the number 1 hit “Gangster’s Paradise” in 1995.
He rode the success of that single and the album of the same name to a mainstream career that included three more top 40 hits and two songs on the “Space Jam” soundtrack.
Coolio also used his fame to land dozens of movie roles, including an appearance in 1997′s “Batman & Robin,” starring George Clooney.
