Coolio
- Birth name: Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
- Origin: Compton, California, United States
- Born: 1963-08-01
- Monessen, Pennsylvania, United States
- Died: 2022-09-28
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Genre: Hip Hop
- Years active: 1987-2022
- Website: coolioworld.com
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Biography
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), known professionally as Coolio, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He was best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996), and "C U When U Get There" (1997).
He was also known for having provided the opening track "Aw, Here It Goes!" for the 1996 Nickelodeon television series Kenan & Kel. Since 1996, Coolio released albums independently and also became a chef and therein created a web series titled Cookin' with Coolio and released a cookbook. Ivey originally rose to fame as a member of the Gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle alongside WC and his brother, Crazy Toones.
Albums:
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Coolio - My Soul
- 1997
- Hip Hop
- United States
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