Rapper Coolio, known for hit ‘Gangsta’s Paradise,’ dies at 59

Coolio performs his set during the third day of Riot Fest in Douglass Park on Sept. 18 in Chicago. The rapper died Wednesday at the age of 59. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time)

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 died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. The cause was not immediately clear.