Coolio, finest recognized for his 1995 hit tune “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died at age 59 earlier this week. Following the information, many within the music business posted tributes to the late rapper. Nevertheless, one publish caught followers’ consideration, from none aside from “Weird Al” Yankovic — who Coolio had a documented beef with within the ’90s.
The stress between the 2 began after Yankovic needed to parody Coolio’s tune, which ultimately was launched as 1996’s “Amish Paradise.” Coolio initially denied Yankovic’s request for the tune, however given honest use legal guidelines, he couldn’t cease a parody from occurring. Thus, the meat started. Coolio even threw in a line about Yankovic in his tune “Throwdown 2000,” which gave the impression to be a diss.
By some level across the 2000s, Coolio and Yankovic had frolicked and ultimately put their drama apart. Yankovic even needed the rapper to look in his 2006 film, Al’s Mind, however Coolio declined because of the monetary facet of the deal. Previous to his passing, he even famous that he discovered Yankovic (and the parody of his tune) hilarious.
“Let me say this: I apologized to Bizarre Al a very long time in the past and I used to be improper,” Coolio instructed Vice in 2014. “Y’all keep in mind that, all people on the market who reads this sh*t. Actual males and actual folks ought to be capable to admit once they’re improper and I used to be improper, bro. Come on, who the f*ck am I, bro?”
“He did parodies of Michael Jackson, he did parodies of all types of individuals and I took offense to it as a result of I used to be being cocky and sh*t and being silly and I used to be improper and I ought to’ve embraced that sh*t and went with it,” he continued. “I listened to it a pair years after that and it’s truly humorous as sh*t. It’s a type of issues the place I made a improper name and no person stopped me. That’s one factor I’m nonetheless upset about — my administration on the time. Someone ought to’ve stopped me from making that assertion as a result of it was dumb. And I believe it harm me a little bit bit. It made me appear silly.”
Regardless of their beef historical past, Coolio and Yankovic nonetheless maintained a transparent respect for each other.
