Coolio Performs 'Gangsta's Paradise' | Letterman

Coolio plays his #1 hit song from the "Dangerous Minds" soundtrack.
(From "Late Show," air date: 9/15/95)

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[MattyMilligan]

Mid to late 90s was the best of times. RIP Coolio.

[JammastaJ]

Jeez he sounded good live. the Howard Stern version is also great.

[fernieboy]

RIP Coolio such a great creative mind and beautiful soul

[colbythecolby]

I was one of the choir singers. Larger than life experience.

[EWCMILK]

This track is perfection, straight classic

[curtislindsey]

RIP Coolio I hope you have a fantastic voyage spending the afterlife in a gangsters paradise.

[jeremyhorn]

That was awesome the CBS Orchestra played the music. Amazing!!!

[Skynet_the_AI]

RIP to a G! God Bless Your Soul Homie!

[freespacethelabel]

Legendary gangster paradise Pioneer in the rap game truly will be missed

[peterddb]

The more things happen today, the more I realize how wonderfully ingrained Dave’s show was in my life. Thanks for posting this

[billschlafly]

night night coolio. Legendary performance!

[TyrantT]

Everything about this LIVE performance was excellent. I love love love live versions of songs where everything is live. Glad I found this. R.I.P Coolio who was out truly to change lives.

[lovesongmelodia]

OMG I can't believe I downloaded his song last month and listened to his song almost every day and now he's gone to Heaven
This is sad news. Heartbroken. Sending love and light to his family. Rest In Peace! Coolio One of the best songs ever " Gangsta's paradise"
He was one of the BEST TOP rappers in U.S. history. Coolio We LOVE YOU FOREVER!!! ♥♥♥♥♥ Legends never die ♥♥♥♥♥Sofiana

[donnaharewood]

Damn! Now I'm crying. This performance, this song was just too good. This is what pefection looks and sounds like - art capturing the essence of life, somebody's reality laid bare.

If you don't understand Compton after this, then you are sadly lacking.

Nobody really wants this gansta life! It is a defence mechanism against hopelessness.

[blackjesus]

Flow, narrative, great musicians, great samples.

[memyselfandi]

Masterpiece in the rap game, written by the legendary Stevie Wonder. Rest in Peace Coolio. "Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away"

[jackiesmith]

loved seeing him sing this song with l.v.and the brilliant Stevie wonder a Motown legend and Coolio asked for permission from Stevie wonder to sing this belter of a song and he said yes as long as there wasn't a lot of swear words but the performance with Stevie wonder was off the scales and the respect that Coolio and l.v. showed to Stevie was amazing and l.v was singing past time paradise and Stevie was sing gangsta paradise fricking brilliant rip Coolio x

[fishandsticks]

Match Game 1998 is how I first heard of Coolio. He was one heck of an artist and panelist. I'm a wrestling fan, and I smiled ear-to-ear when I saw Allysin Kay walk out to this song.

[megwaff]

Always will love that song, love you Coolio <3 Peace.

[--Adam]

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