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Shazam Global Chart Top 50 AppearancesAll songs and collaborations from Coolio that have reached the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart
OVERVIEW![Track artwork for track titled Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio & L.V.]()
Coolio & L.V. peaked at No. 8 on the Shazam Global Chart with "Gangsta's Paradise", spending 61 days in the Top 50.
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Coolio & L.V.
#861Aug 27, 2021
"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio & L.V. peaked at No. 8 on the Shazam Global Chart, where the song spent a total of 61 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1995Total Shazams
26M
Days in Top 50
61The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Aug 27, 2021"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio & L.V. peaked at No. 8 on the Shazam Global Chart, where the song spent a total of 61 day(s) in the Top 50.
Released
1995Total Shazams
26M
Days in Top 50
61The total number of days a song spent in the Top 50 of the Shazam Global Chart. These days may have been non-consecutive.
Top 50 Debut
Aug 27, 2021Coolio's Popular Music Videos
About Coolio
Even in a crowded 1990s, where superlatively talented and uncommonly cool rappers seemed to multiply by the minute, Coolio distinguished himself as an artist wholly his own. Born Artis Ivey Jr. in the Pennsylvania Rust Belt in 1963, he moved with his mother to Compton when he was eight. Throughout the ’70s and ’80s, he saw the way overpolicing and the proliferation of drugs eroded the quality of life in what was once an idyllic suburb. But in the decade that followed, Coolio emerged as a wildly expressive and charismatic rapper, helping to cement his adopted hometown’s reputation as one of the densest concentrations of hip-hop talent in the world. First recognized for his work with fellow Angelenos WC, Big Gee, and DJ Crazy Toones in the group WC and the Maad Circle, Coolio struck solo stardom with hits like 1994’s Lakeside-sampling “Fantastic Voyage” and the following year’s towering “Gangsta’s Paradise,” one of the defining songs of the 1990s. He was also incisive in subtler ways, lamenting racist dress codes and injecting humor into the gothic horror that marked his contemporaries’ work.
Coolio has also released music as a member of WC and the Maad Circle.
Musical InfluencesCoolio's musical influences include 2Pac, A Tribe Called Quest, Cypress Hill and more.
Influenced by CoolioCoolio has influenced the music of Bow Wow, Xzibit, Kurupt and more.
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