Something Changed 59: Gangsta’s Paradise
Posted in 1990s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 30 September 2022
I was shocked to hear of rapper Coolio’s death today. He was only 59. Then again I suppose that is quite venerable for someone in the area of popular music.
As you may have guessed rap is not my thing. Indeed in the past I have been known to say the genre is spelled with a silent ‘c’ at the beginning.
Whatever, no-one who was around at the time could have missed this, his biggest UK hit, a No 1 in 1995. (I’ll pass over his spelling of gangster.) It is a very good reimagining of Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise.
Coolio: Gangsta’s Paradise
Artis Leon Ivey Jr (Coolio); 1/8/1963 – 28/9/2022. So it goes.
Tags: Coolio, Gangsta’s Paradise, Pastime Paradise, Something Changed, Stevie Wonder
