Hey, I'm Brian Hyatt, and this is Rolling Stone. Music Now. We have a whole lot going on in this episode, three segments. First of all, I'm going to talk with Rob Sheffield about the life and music of Koolio, who died this week at the age of 59.

And then Jeffy Hase will join me to talk about the absolutely inescapable song, Munch,

feeling you, and we're going to hear a little bit of his interview with the rapper behind that song ice spice

and finally Stephen Haydn will join me for an in-depth conversation about his new book

Long Road, Pearl Jam and the soundtrack of a generation. But first, here's me and Rob talking about

Koolia.

Rob, we lost coolio this week too many wrappers of that generation are dying young

it's awful 59 I know it's terrible but 59, I know.

It's terrible.

But it seemed like it was worth celebrating Culeo's life and music.

There was a moment when with Gangstis Paradise where you could not escape Coolio. He was an enormous star.

As I walked through the valley of the shadow of yep, I take a look at my life and realize

it's not enough left because I've been plastered in life. That was an enormous song but it wasn't his only hit and he was more than Ganges-P paradise.

So maybe sum up what he meant for you.

He was someone who saw himself as an entertainer crossing boundaries going between worlds.

You had a lot of gangster rap songs on one hand. On the other hand, he was

someone who could appear on Sabrina the teenage witch. Hey, what's going on?

Cool, yeah, cool.

We need some information.

Oh, well, as you can see, that's right up mine.

He was someone who could, such a memorable presence and clueless just because his

song Rolling with My Homies is Brittany Murphy's theme song in that movie.

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