But everything did change for him in 1995 when the film “Dangerous Minds” was released with his song “Gangsta’s Paradise” on the soundtrack. The song stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

The song that it inspired, “Gangsta’s Paradise,” would change both of their lives and catapult an up-and-coming West Coast rapper named Coolio to global stardom. Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey ...

When Coolio first heard the demo that became Gangsta's Paradise, he had the same reaction as the rest of us. "I was like, 'Damn, I really like this song.'" The Pennsylvania-born, Compton-raised ...

Initially, Coolio wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of Weird Al turning his song "Gangsta's Paradise" into a parody called "Amish Paradise." | Jeff Hahne/Getty Images For more than 40 years ...

Coolio, the Grammy-winning rapper best known for the 1995 single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” has died, his manager confirmed Wednesday. He was 59. “We are saddened by the loss of our dear friend ...

Holding her baby, Chrisean Jesus Porter, in her arms, Rock delivered the song as a testimony of her ... “You can still be gangsta and still follow God,” she said, addressing the crowd while ...

Denzel Washington plays a renowned drug lord in Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. The biographical ... A wealth of songs by blues and soul musicians also feature on the soundtrack, ranging ...