Top singles from the past

28 October 2025

The late star rapper COOLIO, born named Artis Leon Ivey Jr in Los Angeles in 1963,
was on top of the US & UK Singles Charts with his mammoth hit GANGSTA’ PARADISE,
on 28 October 1995, today 30 years ago.

It featured vocals from American singer L.V. who co-composed and co-wrote the lyrics
with Coolio and Doug Rasheed. The song sampled the chorus of Stevie Wonder‘s 1976 song Pastime Paradise

As of today, the song scored more than 2,2 billion streams on Spotify and
the video clip has been watched more than 1,8 billion times. Numbers!!

Coolio passed away in 2022 due to a drug overdose.