Coolio Dead at 59

Coolio passed away Wednesday in Los Angeles … TMZ has actually discovered.

The rap artist who accomplished huge success in the 90s was going to a pal late Wednesday afternoon when he died.

Coolio’s long time supervisor, Jarez, states Coolio went to the restroom at his buddy’s home, however when he didn’t come out after a while … the buddy kept requiring him, and ultimately entered and discovered Coolio laying on the flooring.

We’re informed the buddy called Emergency medical technicians, who got here and pronounced Coolio dead on the scene — and Jarez informs us the paramedics believe he suffered heart attack. An main cause of death has actually not been figured out.

Coolio, whose genuine name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., turned up on the L.A. rap scene in the late 80s, however exploded nationally in 1995 when he launched “Gangsta’s Paradise” for the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer movie, “Dangerous Minds.”

The tune reached #1 and remained there for 3 weeks.

While ‘Paradise’ became his signature hit, Coolio had a number of others … consisting of 1994’s “Fantastic Voyage” — which struck #3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — in addition to “1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New)” and “It’s All the Way Live (Now).”

Coolio was 59.

RIP