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
Seriously, if someone don't like this appetizer, you gotta grab they scruffy ass by the back of their neck and throw them out on the lawn. I can't help people like that.
People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.
I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves that. I've been through that life.
I'm never doing a new album. I'll probably do nothing but singles. I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history. But I don't know how much longer I'll be doing it. It's not really fun anymore.
I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.
I've basically got an album full of singles.
I was hungry a coupla' times but for the most part I ate every day... I got to go to school for free.
Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president.
'Shaka' is my catchphrase. Emeril got 'bam,' I got 'Shaka.'
I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.
My name ain't Steve Miller, but I fly like an Eagle.
I perform for soldiers because they are important.
Took flowers from a hearse, romanced a nurse. Put the girl asleep, then I went through her purse.
I never let any of my sons beat me at videogames.