Coolio in 1995. Paul Bergen/Redferns, via Getty Images. Coolio died, as I’m sure you’ve all heard by now. I mentioned to a friend who’s also stuck in the ’90s that it seems like it’s been a bad run of rappers from our high school days passing away, mostly last…

Screenshot from the live-streamed “Celebrate the Life of Zumbi” memorial on Aug. 22, 2021. Around 1,000 viewers tuned in on Sunday evening for a live-streamed memorial service for the late Stephen Gaines, better known as Baba Zumbi of East Bay hip-hop group Zion I. Zumbi passed away at a…

Stephen Gaines (Zumbi) of Zion I with his three sons, photo: GoFundMe. Updated on Aug. 17 at 5:40 p.m. — A GoFundMe campaign has been started for the young sons of East Bay hip-hop artist Stephen B. Gaines, better known as Zumbi of Zion I, who died Friday at a Berkeley hospital,…