Films - Live-Action
- "Gangsta's Paradise" appeared in the infamous first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog (2020).
- Angel: In the third season episode "Double or Nothing", in a Flashback of Gunn going to Jenoff to sell his soul, "Gangsta's Paradise" plays in the background.
- Who could forget Weird Al's "Gangsta's Paradise" parody "Amish Paradise," and the subsequent feud between Coolio and Al?
- The credits theme
of Muppets Party Cruise is a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" about cruising, sung by Kermit.
- One episode of Bob's Burgers, "As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps," is named after the opening lyrics to "Gangsta's Paradise."
- In the Gravity Falls episode "Headhunters," one of the cursed wax figures is of Coolio, who voices himself.
