In a decisive effort to curb gang culture, Haryana Police's Special Task Force and Cyber Unit have removed 67 songs ...

Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Grammy Award-winning rapper, actor and producer Coolio, may have been born in Pennsylvania, but throughout his career, he always claimed Compton as his home turf.

*(CNN) — Before his biggest hit happened in 1995, Coolio wasn’t even aware of the song that gave it its hook. “Gangsta’s Paradise” sampled the Stevie Wonder 1976 single, “Pastime Paradise.” The rapper ...

In what’s already a massive week for hip-hop featuring new songs from seemingly everyone from Jay-Z to MF DOOM, one of our favorite tracks has been the new Young Thug track “Gangster Shit.” Whether it ...

U.S. rapper Coolio poses after he performed the traditional "Flight of the Angel" hanging from a cable tied from the bell tower to a St. Mark's Square filled to capacity, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Jan ...

If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice’s “Pazz & Jop” ...

On this day in 1995, Coolio was joined onstage by Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Awards to perform “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which also won Single Of The Year. The song famously reworks Wonder’s ...