Coolio
Coolio
Artis Leon Ivey Jr., known professionally as Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, chef, actor, and record producer. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid to late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief, Gangsta's Paradise, and My Soul. He is best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage", "C U When U Get There"and "1, 2, 3, 4". He was also known for rapping the theme song for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth1 August 1963
CityCompton, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the streets.
Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.
If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then how so many idiots be graduating from college?
Everything I cook tastes better than yo' momma's nipples.
They say I need to learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they don't understand, how can they reach me?
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.
I love cartoons. I'm just a big kid.
I have seven children. Even if you got a lot of money, feeding 5, 6, 7, 8 mouths, it will do some damage to your pocket.
I finished the movie a month ago in downtown Los Angeles. I had a lot of fun doing it.
I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.
I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.
I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.
As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.