Coolio

Rapper Coolio's sudden death shocked the entertainment industry. Fans reminisce about his contributions to music, television and culture.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Coolio has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to bringing a concealed firearm to Los Angeles International Airport last month. The rapper, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, entered the plea during a court appearance Wednesday. District attorney’s spokesman Ricardo Santiago says the rapper was sentenced to three […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say rapper Coolio has been charged with a felony after a gun was found in a backpack at Los Angeles International Airport. Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was charged Thursday with one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon. The Los Angeles County […]

The struggle is realer than ever!  According to Headkrack, TMZ reported Coolio teamed up with porn site PornHub to promote a new album. Not sure how rap…

  Where in the world has 90s rapper Coolio been? Well, he’s been doing shows in Europe. A group college British college kids got an…

Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about D.L. Hughley‘s latest “DWTS” performance and Coolio’s latest arrest.

Dang Coolio, your mug shot says it all: not a good look. It seems the old school fool got popped by the police because he allegedly struck his girlfriend in the face … after bringing home another woman, according to TMZ. The rap legend — aka Artis Ivey Jr. — was popped on April Fools’ […]

Coolio has caused controversy by alleging his appearance on ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap” was fake, and he wasn’t in a relationship with the woman who posed as his girlfriend. The rapper took part in the series with a woman named Mimi, who he claimed to be his longt-erm partner, and they were rumored to have […]

It looks like “Celebrity Wife Swap” featuring Coolio and his girlfriend Mimi broke the unhappy couple up. After swaping husbands with Mark McGrath, Mimi realized that her relationship with Coolio simply sucked and she could so better. She reportedly left him only six weeks after the show. If not Coolio, everyone else probably saw it […]

Coolio’s son is about to go to prison for at least 3 and 1/2 years. As TMZ first reported, 22-year-old Grtis Ivey was arrested on November 14, 2011 for allegedly busting into a Las Vegas apartment with a gun and forcing the tenant into the bathroom while his female prostitute friend ransacked the place. Law […]