Artis Ivey Jr., better known as Coolio, an American rapper, has died.
The Grammy-winning musician died on Wednesday in the bathroom of a friend’s Los Angeles home.
Speaking to TMZ, Coolio’s manager, Jarez Posey, said, “Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend’s house, but when he didn’t come out after a while, the friend kept calling for him and eventually went in and found Coolio laying on the floor.”
The paramedics arrived the friend’s house after he called, and pronounced Coolio dead on the scene.
Jarez says the paramedics suspect he suffered cardiac arrest although an official cause of death had not been determined.
The rapper was famous in the 90’s for his hit song ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ which was used as the soundtrack of ‘Dangerous Minds,’ a Michelle Pfeiffer film.
He rode the success of that single and the album of the same name to a mainstream career that included three more top 40 hits and two songs on the “Space Jam” soundtrack.
Coolio also parlayed his fame into dozens of movie roles, including an appearance in 1997′s “Batman & Robin,” starring George Clooney.