As far as hip-hop beefs go, Coolio vs. “Weird Al” Yankovic was, well, one of the weirder ones.

The back-and-forth stemmed from Coolio’s 1995 hit “Gangsta’s Paradise” and Yankovic’s parody from the following year, “Amish Paradise.” As music fans who were alive back then probably remember, Coolio claimed he never gave Yankovic permission to do the parody, while Yankovic stated he had received an OK from Coolio through the rapper’s management.

The beef has long since ended. In an August 2015 Rolling Stone article marking the song’s 20th anniversary (and in many other interviews before), Coolio set the record straight.

“I have to say, that was probably one of the least smart things I’ve done over the years,” he told Rolling Stone. “I should have never been upset about that; I should have embraced it like everybody else did. Michael Jackson never got mad at him; Prince never got mad at him. Who the f— was I to take the position that I took?”

Coolio, who will headline Oregon WinterFest in the Old Mill District on Saturday, has become much more comfortable laughing at himself over the last decade. Just take a look at his “Cookin’ with Coolio” internet shorts on the My Damn Channel YouTube, or the accompanying cookbook published in 2009, “Cookin’ with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price.” Or maybe you caught his cameo appearances in “Futurama” (in the 2007 direct-to-video film “Bender’s Big Score”) or “Squidbillies” (in the 2017 episode “The Guzzle Bumpkin”).

More recently, he collaborated with funnyordie.com on a Chrysler ad, in which he appeared singing a parody version of his 1994 hit “Fantastic Voyage” (as “Vantastic Voyage”). And in January, he showed up on an episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to teach white people rap slang as the host of the fake game show “Pronunciation Station,” in response to a “Jeopardy!” contestant’s incorrect answer of “Gangster’s Paradise” (as opposed to “Gangsta’s Paradise”).

Here’s the point: With Coolio embracing his own “weird,” it’s high time the world has a true Coolio-“Weird Al” collaboration.

Really, the beef is dead-and-buried, and 22 years old at that. What better way to tie up all the loose ends? Not to mention there’s plenty of precedent in the hip-hop world for former adversaries working together (Jay-Z and Nas famously sparred for a decade in the ’90s and 2000s across various interviews and diss tracks, and have since featured on each other’s songs numerous times).

Plus, both artists are churning out relevant work. Yankovic has perhaps been more visible in his success, with his 14th studio album “Mandatory Fun” (2014) becoming his first to top the Billboard 200. (He was also a highlight of Les Schwab Amphitheater’s 2015 season, to boot.)

And he’s a beast on the mic, as anyone who remembers “Amish Paradise” or his 2006 parody of Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’ Dirty,” “White & Nerdy,” can attest.

Coolio has released a number of singles in the last few years, including 2017’s “Kill Again,” another measured examination of gang violence set to a grinding beat and emotional string swells. He also mentioned an EP in the works titled “Long Live the Thief” in interviews last year.

Turns out, a collaboration of sorts almost happened in 2009. During a 2011 interview at the Institute Of Production & Recording in Minneapolis, Coolio revealed Yankovic asked him to appear in the short 3-D film “Al’s Brain.”

“I turned it down because he didn’t offer me enough money, basically,” he said. “I would have did it, but the zeros wasn’t right.”

Really? That’s what’s holding you guys back? Can someone please cut this man a check and get him in a vocal booth with Yankovic?