Coolio
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Birthname | Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. | ||||
born on | 1 August 1963 at 10:09 (= 10:09 AM ) | ||||
Place | Torrance, California, 33n50, 118w20 | ||||
Timezone | PDT h7w (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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Biography
American rapper, chef, actor, and record producer who rose to fame as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle. He 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 is best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "C U When U Get There" (1997) and "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996). He was also known for rapping the theme song for the late 1990s Nickelodeon series Kenan & Kel.
Coolio went on to release albums independently, as well becoming a chef, creating a web series Cookin' with Coolio and releasing a cookbook.
Coolio had six children. He married Josefa Salinas in 1996, and they divorced in 2000. While at a friend's Los Angeles house on 28 September 2022, Coolio was discovered unresponsive on a bathroom floor. He was pronounced dead by first responders. He was 59.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Winter, Ophélie (born 20 February 1974)
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1996 (Josefa Salinas)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 2000 (Josefa Salinas)
Source Notes
Birth certificate in hand from Viktor E.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Six)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Rapper
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Other Entertain/Music (Record producer)
- Vocation : Food and Beverage : Chef/ Cook
- Notable : Awards : Grammy
- 1963 births
- Birthday 1 August
- Birthplace Torrance, CA (US)
- Sun 8 Leo
- Moon 24 Sagittarius
- Asc 28 Virgo
- 2022 deaths
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Rapper
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Other Entertain/Music
- Vocation : Food and Beverage : Chef/ Cook
- Notable : Awards : Grammy