Kel Mitchell Recalls Last Convo With Coolio Before Rapper’s Death: ‘So Many Great Memories’

The personage tributes for precocious rapper Coolio support pouring in, arsenic the astir caller 1 comes from sketch drama creator Kel Mitchell. Taking to his Instagram connected Thursday (September 29), Kel shared a saccharine connection for the “Gangsta Paradise” hitmaker, who was recovered dormant successful a friend’s bath earlier this week astatine the property of 59. The station included throwback clips (here) from Coolio’s impermanent appearances connected Kel’s shows All That and Kenan & Kel. Kel besides included a outcry retired for the hep hop creator creating the taxable opus for Kenan & Kel!

Kel Mitchell shared a saccharine tribute to Coolio connected his Instagram aft the rapper’s death. (Shutterstock)

“Rest successful Heaven @coolio!” Kel captioned it. “We precocious spoke a fewer months agone laughing and having specified a bully time. So galore large memories with you bro! That clip archetypal gathering you connected All That cracking up successful a Good Burger Sketch past you bringing maine connected signifier aft your show to freestyle. Then aboriginal creating the legendary Kenan and Kel theme opus for @kenanthompson and I.”

The histrion went connected to item each the times Coolio supported him successful his projects and adjacent gave the 411 connected the last speech they had together. “Last happening you told maine erstwhile we past spoke a fewer months agone you told maine you loved however I support things affirmative and to support doing that,” Kel wrote. “I volition Coolio and convey you for sharing your airy and your endowment with america each and convey you for inspiring truthful galore successful your lyrics. Be astatine bid successful the hands of our Heavenly Father and praying God comforts your household during this time. Much emotion bro!!!”

The tribute comes aft Weird Al Yankovic shared a sweet connection for the artist, which was rapidly noted by fans, arsenic the brace erstwhile had a celebrated feud implicit Al’s parody of Coolio’s 1995 mega deed “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Coolio’s manager reportedly approved of Weird Al’s parody “Amish Paradise” earlier it was released, portion Coolio claimed helium was ne'er made alert of it, per BBCNews.

Obviously, with the touching tribute, Weird Al was capable to determination past the feud. And, according to euphony writer Dan Ozzi, truthful was Coolio, arsenic Dan shared a tweet astir a past interrogation with the precocious star, who said helium was successful a bully spot with Weird Al astatine the time. “I fto that spell truthful agelong ago,” Coolio said, per Dan’s tweet. “Let maine accidental this: I apologized to Weird Al a agelong clip agone and I was wrong. Y’all retrieve that, everybody retired determination who reads this s***.”