LOS ANGELES — New music from Coolio is underway, nearly a year after the "Gangsta's Paradise" artist died in September 2022.
"A Star Is Born," the first posthumous single from the rapper born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., premiered Friday. A posthumous album called "Long Live Coolio" will follow later this year, the Associated Press reported Friday.
The four-minute song, which tracks Coolio's rise to stardom from his upbringing in Compton, is one of 11 songs on "Long Live Coolio." The album boasts a handful of guest artists including Treach of the hip-hop group Naughty By Nature, hip-hop artist MC Shan, and longtime Coolio collaborator DJ Wino, who are featured on "A Star Is Born."
