Rapper Coolio dies at 59

Rapper Coolio, a hip-hop mogul in the 1990s with hits like

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"Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage,"

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died Wednesday at the age of 59, his manager said.

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His Coolio died at a friend's house in Los Angeles,

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longtime manager Jareth Posey told The Associated Press.

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The cause was not immediately clear.

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Coolio samples Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Pastime Paradise",

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the 1995 hit "Gangsta's Paradise" from the soundtrack to

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Michelle Pfeiffer's movie "Dangerous Minds" won a

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Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance played.

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