Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” returns to the charts 30 years after its release, debuting at No. 7 on the Official Vinyl Singles chart. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 17: Rapper Coolio performs live ...

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 ...

Remember the Kooks, the hyped-up band who made a few big UK hits in the '00s? Well, they're still around, and they just played the Reading Festival. During their set, they brought out Pitch Perfect ...

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 ...

American rapper Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) arrives at Spike TV’s Guys Choice Awards 2015 held at Sony Pictures Studios on June 6, 2015 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo ...

Before he was Coolio, Artis Leon Ivey Jr. was just a kid growing up in Compton and South Central Los Angeles, at a time when middle class hope gave way to something very different. “Compton was ...

The New York Jets really thought they were doing something cool when they entered the field blasting "Gangsta's Paradise" on a boom box. But they seemed to forget two important details about a ...

The New York Jets were knocked out of playoff contention two weeks ago, yet the team opted to send all of its starters out and play them against the Buffalo Bills. In the seconds leading up to kickoff ...

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 ...