Friday 30 September 2022 04:47 AM How Coolio was nearly kicked out of his own concert in Australia trends now
An Australian music tour booker has recalled the unflappable way rap legend Coolio, who died this week, handled being denied access to the stage by mistake.
Rich Moffat, a booker for Groovin The Moo, paid a warm tribute to the Gangsta's Paradise singer, who died aged 59 after an apparent cardiac arrest on September 28.
Coolio was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor, according to the star's longtime manager, Jarez.
Mr Moffat, who met Coolio on several occasions and booked him to play at Groovin the Moo in 2019 and the Falls Festival in 2010, said the rapper was a humble man who loved Australia.
Coolio, who died on September 28 aged 59, wrote his worldwide smash hit Gangster's Paradise for the Michelle Pfeiffer film Dangerous Minds (Pictured, Coolio and Ms Pfeiffer)
Coolio (right) bumps elbows with Groovin the Moo promoter Steve Halpin (right) and music booker Rich Moffat (centre) on his 2019 tour
That was despite being once denied access to the stage by an over-zealous security guard on tour downunder in 2019.
Coolio forgot his lanyard and walked off stage to meet adoring fans during a performance.
In a brain freeze, an over-zealous security guard refused to let him back on stage.
But the rapper handled the situation with classic Coolio smoothness, Mr Moffat remembered.
'I don't think this security guard was going to let him back up, which was bizarre because he was the only black man at the show with those short, wiry dreads.
'He was the only person there that could
