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 don't have to ask you where you've been, cause the matches in your purse say Holiday Inn.
Took flowers from a hearse, romanced a nurse. Put the girl asleep, then I went through her purse.
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.
I want to provide a well-rounded perspective of life.
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.
I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.
As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.
I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop.
I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.
I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.