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<p>Coolio, the rapper who shot to the top of the charts in the 1990s with albums like <em>It Takes a Thief </em>and <em>Gangsta’s Paradise</em>, has died. His longtime manager confirmed the death to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/28/coolio-dead-dies-los-angeles/">TMZ</a> on Wednesday evening, but a cause of death was not immediately reported.</p>
<p>Coolio was 59.</p>
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Coolio, the rapper who shot to the top of the charts in the 1990s with albums like It Takes a Thief and Gangsta’s Paradise, has died. His longtime manager confirmed the death to TMZ on Wednesday evening, but a cause of death was not immediately reported.
Coolio was 59.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.