Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop91裸聊视频檚 biggest names of the 1990s with hits including 91裸聊视频淕angsta91裸聊视频檚 Paradise91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淔antastic Voyage,91裸聊视频� died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.

Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. The cause was not immediately clear.

Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for 91裸聊视频淕angsta91裸聊视频檚 Paradise,91裸聊视频� the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film 91裸聊视频淒angerous Minds91裸聊视频� that sampled Stevie Wonder91裸聊视频檚 1976 song 91裸聊视频淧astime Paradise.91裸聊视频�

He was nominated for five other Grammys during a career that began in the late-1980s.

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Born in Monessen, Pennsylvania south of Pittsburgh, Coolio moved to Compton, California, where he went to community college. He worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before devoting himself full-time to the hip-hop scene.

His career took off with the 1994 release of his debut album on Tommy Boy Records, 91裸聊视频淚t Takes a Thief.91裸聊视频� It91裸聊视频檚 opening track, 91裸聊视频淔antastic Voyage,91裸聊视频� would reach No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

A year later, 91裸聊视频淕angsta91裸聊视频檚 Paradise91裸聊视频� would become a No. 1 single, with its dark opening lyrics:

91裸聊视频淎s I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there91裸聊视频檚 not much left, 91裸聊视频榗ause I91裸聊视频檝e been blastin91裸聊视频� and laughin91裸聊视频� so long, that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone.91裸聊视频�

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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