Ice-T, Ice Cube & More Pay Tributes To Late Rapper Coolio  

Veteran rapper Coolio is dead.

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He passed away on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

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Coolio was found unconscious in a friend’s bathroom.

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The “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper was 59.

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Many industry A-listers have taken to social media to mourn his loss.

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Ice Cube recalled watching Coolio work hard to make his way to the top.

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Ice T said he just talked to the late rapper two weeks ago while in Europe.

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Martin Lawrence expressed his condolence to the rapper’s family.

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Many others remembered his lasting legacy.

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