Coolio‘s property has introduced a posthumous album from the late rapper titled LONG LIVE COOLIO, with options together with Too $hort, Naughty By Nature’s Treach and extra.
The announcement arrived through press launch on Wednesday (March 15), which additionally revealed the lead single “TAG ‘You It’” that includes $hort will arrive on Friday (March 17).
A video shall be included with the discharge of “TAG ‘You It’,” which was filmed earlier than Coolio’s September 2022 passing. The track and visible “pay homage to ’90s Hip Hop” in line with the press launch, and is “catchy, raunchy, and uncooked in all the proper methods with an extravagant and humorous video in good Coolio trend.”
LONG LIVE COOLIO would be the “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper’s first LP since his 2009 providing From the Backside 2 the High.
Coolio unexpectedly handed away on the age of 59 on September 28. In response to his longtime supervisor Jarez, the Los Angeles native was visiting a good friend’s home on the time and went to the toilet, however by no means got here again. His good friend went to verify on him and ultimately found the Grammy Award-winner laying on the toilet ground. Paramedics had been referred to as to the home, however he was pronounced useless on the scene.
Earlier than his premature passing, Coolio was on the verge of finalizing a deal for a Las Vegas residency. The run would have been for 10 exhibits on the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & On line casino, beginning in late October and going via mid-November.
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He was additionally making ready to carry his “Kwanzaa-bot” character again to Futurama for the cartoon’s forthcoming revival on Hulu. Along with his traces and some bars already recorded, the present will transfer ahead with the character’s return and can dedicate the episode to Coolio’s reminiscence.
On the prime of the brand new yr, a customized gravestone for the late rapper was unveiled, which options images and a homage to his greatest file, “Gangsta’s Paradise.”
In response to TMZ, Coolio’s girlfriend Mimi enlisted the assistance of a person by the identify of Cemetery Tim, who has additionally achieved headstones for the late Nate Dogg, Eazy-E and Anthony Johnson. Although Coolio was cremated, his household needed a bodily place to go pay their respects, and the piece was delivered to them simply earlier than the brand new yr.
It’s since been set at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles.
