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Flavor Flav, Rob Base, Tone Loc Honor Coolio

Flavor Flav, Rob Base, Tone Loc and More Honor Coolio

Published Wed, October 5, 2022 at 7:00 PM EDT

Coolio was celebrated by his peers last night. At a show in Orlando, rap legends Flavor Flav, Rob Base, Young MC, Tone Loc and more showed love to the fallen West Coast rap icon, who died Sept. 28 at the age of 59. During a show at Impact 22, the Hip-Hop stars paid tribute to the late rapper.

"We all pulled together for a tribute to Coolio and performed his set of Rolling with My Homies, Fantastic Voyage, and Gangstas Paradise!!!" Flav posted on Instagram. "Thx u to Electronic Payments and BookingEntertainment.com for still graciously paying his fee to his family."

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"Prayers to my man Coolio," Flav captioned a video of the performance. "We all love and miss you!!!"

Since news of his death, tributes have poured in for Compton-raised rap legend.

"This is sad news,"Ice Cubewrote on Twitter. "I witnessed first hand this man’s grind to the top of the industry. Rest In Peace @Coolio."

Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred inDangerous Mindswhere Coolio's single, "Gangsta's Paradise" was prominently featured, also shared her memories of the rapper. “Heartbroken to hear of the passing of the gifted artist @coolio," shewrote on Instagram. "A life cut entirely too short. 30 years later I still get chills when I hear the song. Sending love and light to his family.”

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