While his music career represented the shift toward rap music, Coolio’s personal life saw him embrace volunteer firefighting as a 'way to clean up' from drugs and alcohol. by Robert Yaniz Jr ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59 ...

Artis Leon Ivey Jr., aka Coolio, died from the effects of fentanyl, ... where he late worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before pursuing his passion in music.

Fire departments across the country are sounding the alarm — not over flames, but over a shortage of volunteer firefighters.

Coolio, known for his spindly and sprouting cornrows, went on to sell 4.8 million albums in the United States, according to Luminate, the tracking service formerly known as Nielsen Music.

He moved to Compton, California, and fell into the drug scene as a young adult, but pulled himself out of it by becoming a volunteer firefighter. Coolio also held a job as security at Los Angeles ...

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LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.

Coolio, the rapper who was ... 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.

Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.