On this day in 1995, Coolio was joined onstage by Stevie Wonder at the Billboard Music Awards to perform “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which also won Single Of The Year. The song famously reworks ...

If a rapper were only to be known for one song, it’s hard to beat “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s signature No. 1 smash in 1995 was voted the best single of the year in the Village Voice ...

Coolio died on the anniversary of the Stevie Wonder song that made 'Gangsta's Paradise'. Wonder, left, is pictured here with Coolio at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards in New York.