Coolio Was Set to Headline First Vegas Residency Show Before Death

Coolio had a great deal of things in the works prior to his abrupt death recently — consisting of the truth he will heading his very first Vegas residency this month … TMZ has actually discovered.

Shortly prior to he passed away, Coolio was in fact in talks with a production business called Fan Rebellion — which produces a continuous Vegas residency program called Boombox!, held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino … this according to FB’s Chief Creative Officer, Jimmy Maynes.

Boombox! tends to focus on old-school hip hop acts from the ’80s and ’90s — and have actually scheduled huge names like CeeLo Green, Tone Loc, and others — so it’s right up Coolio’s street .. and precisely why Maynes and co. were working out to get him onstage.

Maynes informs us the strategy was to have Coolio can be found in and head the program beginning at the end of October and going through the 2nd week of November … for an overall of 10 days, with one efficiency each day at 5 days a week. In other words, 10 shows.

We’re informed Coolio would’ve been among a handful of MCs — he’d be the headliner — and Maynes states he would’ve just done 3 tunes when he was up. The tracks that were being thought about … “Gangsta’s Paradise,” ‘1, 2, 3, 4,’ and “C U When U Get There.”

As for the specifics of what Coolio wanted … it’s quite intriguing. Maynes informs us Coolio made some ask for the phase for his set — consisting of a range of props, upwards of 10 dancers, a 2-story background screen for visuals and 2 to 3 attire modifications.

We’re informed Coolio desired his headlining set to be a reflect on his story, and was delighted for this next chapter of his profession.

Of course, his death put an abrupt stop to things — with Maynes informing us they’re now ditching that late October window and wishing to choose it back up in December with an entire brand-new lineup. Indeed, Coolio diing tossed ’em for a loop.