“We are saddened by the loss of our dear friend and client, Coolio, who passed away Wednesday afternoon,” Coolio’s talent manager, Sheila Finegan told TMZ.
“He touched the world with the gift of his talent and will be missed profoundly. Please have Coolio’s loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.”
The rapper was a huge success of his time and an inspiration to many in the music world. Just recently, his most popular track Gangsta’s Paradise joined the Youtube’s ONE BILLION views club.
The song that was originally released 27 years ago, was only uploaded to Youtube 5 years ago. And in those year, it amassed a billion views. That speaks volumes.
“Gangstas Paradise just certified 1 billion views and streams on @youtube since 2017, and it’s about to hit a billion on @spotify too,” he wrote on IG alongside a video of himself with the video playing on Youtube on his phone.
“Yo, what’s up y’all? We just hit one billion,” he said in the video.
“I want to thank everybody for all the years of love and being there for me. I hope I got you through some good times and got you through some bad times, cuz he d–n sure got me through some… it’s on and it’s on and it’s on.”
RIP
