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Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits.After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. [2]
Gary Carr (born 11 December 1986) is an English actor, dancer, singer, and musician known for his works on screen and stage. [1] [2] He has had main character roles in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise (2011–2014) and American TV series The Deuce (2017–2018).
Kim Carnes (/ k ɑːr n z /; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles.A veteran writer of many of her own hits, as well as those for numerous other artists, she began her career in 1966 as a member of folk group the New Christy Minstrels, before embarking on a solo career as a songwriter and performer in the early 1970s, playing in local clubs.
"Gangsta's Paradise" is a single by American rapper Coolio, released on August 1, 1995 [3] by Tommy Boy, Warner Bros. and MCA. Interpolating Stevie Wonder's song "Pastime Paradise" (1976), "Gangsta's Paradise" features vocals from American singer L.V. who served as a co-composer and co-lyricist with Coolio and Doug Rasheed, with Wonder also being credited for the composition and lyrics.
Hope Sandoval (born June 24, 1966) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and the lead singer of Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. [2] Sandoval has toured and collaborated with other artists, including Massive Attack, for whom she sang "Paradise Circus" on the 2010 album Heligoland [3] and the 2016 single "The Spoils".
Tim Cappello (born May 3, 1955), [1] [additional citation(s) needed] also credited as Timmy Cappello, [2] is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and vocalist.He is primarily known for his saxophone work supporting Tina Turner in the 1980s and 90s, [3] [4] [5] as well as for his musical performance in the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys.
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), [4] known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper.He was best known for his single "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for changing the course of hip hop by bringing it to a wider audience. [5]
[13] [14] They are one of the best-selling hip hop groups of all time, and were the second biggest R&B act worldwide after Michael Jackson in the 1990s. [15] The Fugees were ranked as one of the greatest rap groups by MTV (2007) [16] and Billboard (2023), [17] and landed at number 17 on the '50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists' list (2003) by VH1. [18]