There has been some
controvery over this
song. After
Coolio got a
Grammy award that year (probably for the song
Gangsta's Paradise), someone asked him about the
Weird Al parody, to which he
replied that he didn't
approve of it, didn't give
permission.
However, Weird Al has always gotten permission from the artist before doing a parody, and actually shared some of the profits with that artist.
He has attempted to apologize for the song, feeling rather upset that it could happen. Some people have suggested that he actually did give permission to the record company, and just figured that it would not be considered "cool" for him to appear that way to the fans and other artists in the genre, thus denying it publicly.
He did cash the checks that he has received from Weird Al, however.