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
Leave the eggs to bathe for 15 minutes in the hot water like a sexy Swedish chick in a natural mineral sauna.
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.
I see ya waiting for the bus early in the morn', brick house with a face like Lena Horne.
Slide slide slippity-slide When you're living in a city it's do or die
Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
I'm innocent. I've done nothing. I'm a nice guy.
This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison.
I don't have to ask you where you've been, cause the matches in your purse say Holiday Inn.
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 know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.
Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?
I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.
I think anybody can cook if they take the time.
People treat me nice 'cos I treat them nice.