Coolio created the web series Cookin' with Coolio and released a cookbook.
28 Facts About Coolio
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Coolio's mother was a factory worker who divorced his carpenter father and moved to Compton when Ivey was eight years old.
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Coolio was arrested for taking a weapon to school and served prison time for larceny.
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Coolio recorded "What Makes You Dance " with Nu-Skool in 1988.
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Coolio is a credited co-contributor on the group's debut album Ain't a Damn Thang Changed, including on the single "Dress Code".
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In 1994, Coolio signed to Tommy Boy Records and released his debut solo album It Takes a Thief.
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In 1996, Coolio had another top 40 hit with the song "It's All the Way Live " from the soundtrack to the movie Eddie.
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Coolio is featured on the song "Hit 'em High" from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam with B-Real, Method Man, LL Cool J, and Busta Rhymes.
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In 1996, Coolio appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD America Is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip-hop artists.
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Coolio was dropped from the Tommy Boy Records label.
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Coolio did have a minor hit in the UK in 2006 with "Gangsta Walk".
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Coolio played Kwanzaa-bot, a rapping robot who spreads awareness about Kwanzaa.
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In 2009, Coolio appeared as a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother 6, which he placed 3rd.
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Coolio later went to appear on the UK's Ultimate Big Brother in 2010, where he decided it was best to leave the house after numerous confrontations with Nadia Almada and others there.
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Coolio is featured on the March 5,2013, episode of the ABC reality program Wife Swap, but his then-girlfriend left him after the program was taped.
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On June 30,2012, Coolio voiced a wax figure of himself on Gravity Falls.
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Coolio guest starred on a 2014 episode of the Adult Swim show Black Jesus titled "Gangsta's Paradise".
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In 2019, Coolio appeared on the Irish rap group Versatile's track "Escape Wagon".
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Coolio was a spokesperson for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
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Coolio said that he and his children are asthma sufferers.
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Coolio was sentenced to three years of probation and 45 days of community service.
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In 2017, Coolio was denied entry into Singapore upon landing at Changi International Airport.
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Coolio had been traveling from Beijing to Singapore to perform at a Formula One concert event.
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Coolio had ten children, one of whom was born to his wife, Josefa Salinas, whom he married in 1996 and divorced in 2000.
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Coolio was the running mate for pornographic actress Cherie DeVille's Democratic presidential run in 2020.
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On September 28,2022, while at a friend's house in Los Angeles, Coolio was discovered unresponsive on a bathroom floor.
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Police opened an investigation into his death, though foul play was not suspected, and Coolio's manager stated he appeared to have suffered cardiac arrest.
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Coolio was cremated in a private ceremony with no funeral service.