Rapper Coolio, responsible for 1990s hit song Gangsta’s Paradise, has reportedly died aged 59. The US rapper, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died on Wednesday, his manager confirmed to multiple US outlets.
He was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of a friend’s house in Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
Coolio came third in the sixth series of UK Celebrity Big Brother in 2009, losing out to broadcaster Terry Christian, who was the runner up, and presenter and model Ulrika Jonsson, who won. But along with Jonsson he went on to join the cast of Ultimate Big Brother the following year in 2010, the last series of the show to air on Channel 4.
