Rapper Coolio died on Wednesday, at 59, TMZ reported.

Coolio was at his friend’s home in Los Angeles when he died, according to Jarez, the American artist’s longtime manager. He was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor. Paramedics were called and he was pronounced dead at the scene. 

In 2017, Coolio’s fans couldn’t keep calm when he revealed that he was supposed to be a part of the DC Universe.

In an interview with the Burleson Star in Texas, Coolio said that the reason he agreed to do a cameo in Batman and Robin was because Joel Schumacher promised he’d get to play the Scarecrow in the next film. Coolio played the “Banker” during Robin and Batgirl’s bike race.

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However, it Coolio’s fans disappointment, the studio scrapped the follow-up and fired Schumacher. The follow-up was cancelled after Schumacher’s Batman & Robin failed to meet box office expectations.

“He was supposed to do the two next ones,” Coolio said. “He and I didn’t get along that good anyway—I mean he made a terrible Batman movie. But the next villain was supposed to be the Scarecrow. They didn’t do it though. Maybe one day. I’m sure they won’t come calling, though.”

Meanwhile, Schumacher told Heat Vision in 2015 that he courted Nicolas Cage for the part.

“After Forever‘s success, I wanted to do The Dark Knight. It was going to be very dark. I remember going to the set of Face/Off and asking Nic Cage to play the Scarecrow. The studio, and I’m not sure the audience, was in a frame of mind to go too dark with Batman at that time,” said Schumacher. 

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Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta’s Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single Gangsta’s Paradise as well as other singles Fantastic Voyage (1994), 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New) (1996), and C U When U Get There (1997).

He was also known for having provided the opening track Aw, Here It Goes! for the 1996 Nickelodeon television series Kenan & Kel.