At age 62, Doug Rasheed has enough self-awareness to know how his accomplishments in the music industry might be perceived by consumers of today’s most popular artists and songs. So when younger ...

Rapper Once Feuded with 'Weird Al' Yankovic Over Parody of Hit Song Released 30 Years Ago originally appeared on Parade. With “Gangsta’s Paradise,” Coolio became a global superstar and icon of the ...

In the 1990s hip hop and RnB world, no one would have imagined Coolio’s hit song “Gangsta’s Paradise” celebrating its 30th anniversary in a digital mansion in the metaverse. Now, merging old-school ...

The movie ends with the performance of “Amish Paradise,” Yankovic’s 1996 parody of Coolio’s “Gansta’s Paradise.” While Yankovic always seeks permission from the artists he is going to parody, Coolio ...

LOS ANGELES — “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported ...