Coolio
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Coolio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Coolio
Get Over It
Principal
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
187
Dracula 3000
Ice
Red Water
Officer Starkey
The Convent
Big Heat
Exposed
Capt. Bergen
Pterodactyl
Veep
Air Force Z
Coolio
雷霆戰警
Self
Stupidity
Self
Outlawz: Worldwide
Outlaw
Storm Watch
Self (archive footage)
Celebrity Mix
Brad Vorman
Stealing Candy
Emcee
The Beat
Franky
Ta divna splitska noć
Dion Brothers
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Luther / 'Lucifer'
Judgment Day
Officer Harris
Gangland
Jeff Cort
Submerged
Himself
Media Whore
Manny
Two Hundred Thousand Dirty
Michael Adkins
Grad Night
Coolio
Mayday Z
Himself
The Goddamn Comedy Jam
Tyrone / Jerome / Cherone
Tyrone
Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
Daredevil
Don Luscious
It Wants Blood 2
Himself
Phat Beach
Coolio
Bobcat Moretti
Carl Wright
In Pursuit
The Flow
Three Days to Vegas
Gerard
Dear God
Lt. Gil Suggs
On the Line
Self (uncredited)
Leprechaun in the Hood
Banker
Batman & Robin
Roger
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Kwanzaa-bot (voice)
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Cool
Tapped Out
Dunzio Day
Gang Warz
Self
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
T
Perfume
Self
Lord of the Freaks
Himself
United Skates
Dope Case Pending
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
45
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-08-01
Place of Birth
Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Artis Ivey, Jr.