The day Coolio surprised fans at Celtic Park
During his time on Celebrity Big Brother in 2009, he struck up a friendship with former MSP Tommy Sheridan.according to the Glasgow TimesThen in 2017, Mr Sheridan told followers on Twitter that he hoped to bring his friend to the Celtic-Hibs clash, adding "From Gangsta's Paradise to Paradise."
Coolio was touring the UK at the time and was due to perform at the Hydro that night with Salt-N-Pepa, Tone-Loc, Colour Me Badd, Young MC and Vanilla Ice.Coolio was introduced to Celtic by friend and former MSP Tommy Sheridan During an exuberant interview with Celtic TV host Gerry McCulloch and former Celtic defender Mark Wilson, Coolio said: "I brought the Gangsta's Paradise to the real Paradise - the Celtic Paradise. Hail, hail.
"My boy Tommy has been telling me about the Celtics for years and I'm a fan through him - I wanted to come and see it for myself.He concluded the interview with another "Hail, hail" - before John McGinn scored twice for Hibs in the second half.
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