Download new Coolio MP3 released at Musicblitz.com

Note! This track is not from Coolio's upcoming album "coolio.com".
Thank Keri Abrams @ Musicblitz.com for the info

Online Chat with Coolio on August 3rd!

Coolio is featured in a new cookbook called "Stargrazing"? He will talk about it, or anything we want to talk about.

About coolio.com, the new Coolio album that was supposed to be released July 1st, we don't know why it has been delayed. Maybe we can find out on the chat.
Props go out to Lauren MacDonald for the info

Coolio's new album to be released soon

The new album will be called Coolio.Com ,
"A celebration of the new millenium, the .com millenium" according to Coolio himself on a recent appearence on the Dr. Drew show.

The album's release date is set to July 1st.

The 1st 100,000 copies will be sold on the website Coolio.com via different links from other websites.
It comes along with a package including some exclusive live footage from concerts, a T-shirt, an autographed picture and automatic membership in the Coolio fan club.
Also, Coolio has roles in a couple of new movies, In Pursuit w/ Steve Baldwin, and in Submerged

New Coolio Track Released as MP3

Disturbing news about Coolio?

My name is Malika and I wrote two entire songs one on each album. These would include "Cruisin" on Gangster paradise and "Get Up Get Down".
Dont you think Coolio was a better artist when all of the forty thevz were still included in his crew? Unfortunately pride ruins the best man and it's easy to be intimidated by true talent.

Just for your information we (PS,leik-rat,Rass Kass,and myself all collaborated with coolio and aided him in writing the gangster paradise album) and since he ditched us for new artists that are not as talented, he has not had the level of success he once had.
If you wonder where leik-rat and PS disappeared to, they lost both of their parents within 2 weeks of eachother: one to cancer and one to a stray bullet. What is sad is that during this difficult time coolio really made minimal effort to comfort them and in fact did not even attend leiks wedding in august.

We as his crew have never been yes people. We saw a lot of selfishness on Coolio's end and instead of going quietly, we expressed our concerns to him, which promptly led to each of us being fired under cruel circumstances.
Regardless, people with an ear for talent will be able to hear the success of Coolio in our solo projects as the 40 thevz and will acknowledge our talent regardless if he chooses to or not. Thank you for at least printing our names up in the lyric print out because if Coolio was in charge of it, we would not even get writers credits.

Peace
Malika Bradford

My comment:
Well, there is no way to determin if everything said in the message above is true or not, but somehow it seems like it really IS written by THE Malika that was on Coolio's album. If the fans choose to believe parts of what was said above, or the whole of it, is not my job to judge. Personally, I believe it is true. There have been TOO MANY controversies around Coolio lately, with the lawsuit of the "Wyld Bunch" and all.
If it is true, then it's a shame that Coolio has treated his crue that way.
Should Coolio want to give us his side of the story, I'm of course willing to let Coolio defend himself in this forum. Please, don't you for a second think that I'm trying to badmouth Coolio here, I just found the e-mail from Malika so interesting, that I think the fans deserves to at least read it and judge for themselves.

Coolio hosting TV-show on BET

Coolio Case Settled by TV Judge Joe Brown

Crawford and Ferguson, both members of the group Wylde Bunch, were injured when one of the three tour vans flipped over on Interstate 5 just north of Sacramento in early June. The rest of the tour was cancelled as a result
of the mishap. According to Launch, the Wylde Bunch took their case to TV's "Judge Joe Show" and were awarded $4,000 each. The four-man group was originally suing for $8,000.

While Coolio was not present for the proceedings, his wife and manager, Josefa Salinas, represented him. The show is expected to air sometime next month.

Source: Vibe
Special Thanx to Dani Stutz.

Thursday, July 8, 1999

Coolio To Serve 10 Days In Jail On Gun Charge

The jail time and community service are conditions of the two-years' probation the rapper received from Judge Andrew Kauffman in Torrance Superior Court.

The charge stems from the wild-haired MC's arrest last September, in which police said they found an unloaded gun, a separate ammunition cartridge and a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle. The drug charge later was dropped. Police say they stopped the rapper because he was driving his sport utility vehicle on the wrong side of the road.

Coolio pleaded no contest to the charge in March, but changed his plea to not guilty after considering Judge James R. Brandlin's proposed sentence. Brandlin had suggested that Coolio attend an autopsy of a youth killed by gunfire in addition to serving 10 days in jail and performing 40 hours of community service.

"I didn't expect [the] jail time," Coolio said then. "Ten days isn't a long time, but any time in jail is too long."

District Attorney Alexis De L. Garza said she did not seek the autopsy requirement for Wednesday's settlement. "We didn't see it as something that had to be done," she said.

The rapper has until Sept. 7 to serve his jail time, according to court clerk Ruth Gilliland.

Coolio's attorney, Steven K. Hauser, did not immediately return calls for comment on his client's decision to plead guilty in the case.

Last month Coolio canceled the remaining dates of his 18-City-Mission tour after a van accident seriously injured two members of his backing band. The entourage was en route to a show at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco when one of the three vans transporting the rapper and his band flipped over about 40 miles north of Sacramento. "This is the first time in my career I have had a near-death experience," Coolio said in a statement. "When the van was flipping over I thought we were history."

Coolio established himself with his 1994 debut LP Like a Thief, featuring such hits as "Fantastic Voyage" (RealAudio excerpt), and the 1995 triple-platinum follow-up, Gangsta's Paradise, which included "1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New)" (RealAudio excerpt) and the Grammy-winning title track.

The MC plans to release his fourth album, Dead Man Walkin, later this summer, according to his management office.

-- Teri vanHorn, SonicNet
Special thanks to Dani Stutz.

June 25, 1999 Coolio Crash Controversy

As reported on June 10th (Coolio and Crew In Car Accident) Coolio and his entourage were involved in a car accident during their tour, but the story doesn't end there. The two musicians hurt in the accident were keyboard player Daniel Crawford and drummer Ishmael Ferguson, who have mad medical bills to pay.

The Wylde Bunch, a group that was on the tour, have spoken up and said that everything that Coolio said in his press release wasn't true and that compensation for the accident and tour have not been met. Lamont Patterson, co-manager of the Wylde Bunch said that he is very disappointed in Coolio and his camp and alleges that the injured musicians were in a van driven by a 19-year-old and that it was traveling at speeds well over 65 miles per hour.

"However, the most confusing part of the matter is when I read in press reports that Coolio had a 'near-death experience' from the accident," he added. "How could that have happened when he was five miles ahead in another van, and his van was not involved or on the scene at the time the accident occurred?"

Patton also claims that they have not been paid for the duration of the tour and have not had the medical expenses from the accident taken care of. He also said that the real reason the concert was cancelled was because of no ticket sales, not because of the accident. If the action is not taking appropiately, Patton claims he will file a lawsuit against Coolio.

On the other side of the coin, Coolio's camp claims that the money has been available since June 20th, and medical and health insurance has been available for the band members if it were needed.

Submitted by Q Editor-In-Chief for The Daily Hip-Hop News Source: Sohh.com and Dani Stutz.

Coolio Tour Cut Short After Van Crash Injures Six

The entourage was en route to a Saturday show at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, when one of the three vans transporting the rapper and his band flipped over on Interstate 5, 40 miles north of Sacramento, according to Coolio's spokespeople.

"This is the first time in my career I have had a near-death experience," Coolio said in a statement. "When the van was flipping over I thought we were history."

Six members of the Grammy-winning rapper's band and stage crew were hurt in the accident involving the seven-passenger vehicle. They were taken to area hospitals. Coolio (born Artis Leon Ivey) and others in his party with lesser injuries were treated at the scene. The most serious injuries were suffered by the keyboardist and the drummer, the publicist said in a press release.

"My keyboard player is only 15 and now has severe hand damage; I don't know when he'll play again," Coolio added.

Coolio was touring with fellow Crowbar labelmates, including DVS and Krazy Khrome. The entourage had only completed two dates of the tour supporting the label's first release, Coolio's Crowbar Records Presents ..., which features the new Coolio song "Can You Dig It" (RealAudio excerpt) and Krazy Khrome's "Footprintz" (RealAudio excerpt), among songs by other up-and-coming Coolio discoveries, including Dy'Verse Society, Kur N'C and Rated R.

The tour was a continuing effort by Coolio to find new talent for his Crowbar label.

"I'm looking for real talent," Coolio said before the tour's kickoff. "There's too many people now with no talent [who are popular] -- singers that can't sing, MCs that can't rap, musicians that can't play. We're gonna do it the old-school way, the way people used to do it."

The tour was to tap local MCs in every city to open shows by DVS and Krazy Khrome. Before the accident, the tour hit the Aro Space in Seattle on June 2 and the Roseland in Portland, Ore., on June 3.

The rapper also continues work on his fourth full-length album, Dead Man Walkin', which will feature collaborations with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Krayzie Bone on the song "I Don't Wanna Die" and Cypress Hill rapper B-Real on the party song "The Bump," as well as an unlikely pairing with country legend Kenny Rogers on a rap rendition of Rogers' smash hit "The Gambler."

Following the accident, Coolio played shows in Los Angeles on Sunday and Phoenix on Monday, but decided to cancel the remainder of the tour, according to the statement.

San Francisco concert-goers learned of the news over local radio stations; refunds for the canceled shows are available at the point of purchase, according to Tammy Martin, a Fillmore spokesperson.

The rapper, best known for such radio hits as 1994's "Fantastic Voyage" (RealAudio excerpt) and 1995's "Gangsta's Paradise," pleaded not guilty to a gun-possession charge April 19 in Torrance, Calif. He was accused of carrying a concealed weapon in his vehicle in September.
(Contributing Editor Teri vanHorn contributed to this report.)

Thanks to SonicNet and Danni Stutz for the story.

Coolio Spotlights New Artists On Album, Tour

Coolio and an armload of new artists will be drumming up support for the maiden release from the rapper's new record label with a promotional tour that launches in June.

Coolio and company will hit 18 cities and stage press conferences and concerts at each stop. The trek is designed to trumpet "Coolio's Crowbar Records PresentsŠ," a compilation featuring many new artists signed to the rapper's latest endeavor.

Dy'Verse Society, Rated R, Rukus, and Krazy Khrome will turn up on both the tour and the compilation, which will also feature cuts from KUR N'C, Da Wyld Kingdom, Big Blue, Heather Marie, Spade, and Midnight Suns.

The outing, dubbed the "18-City Mission," will also feature Coolio himself and will hit the following venues:

6/2 - Seattle, WA @ Aerospace
6/3 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
6/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
6/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
6/7 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cajun House
6/9 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
6/10 - St. Louis, MO @ Karma Lounge
6/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Qwest/Cabooze
6/12 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
6/14 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
6/15 - Cleveland, OH @ Odeon
6/17 - New York, NY @ SOB's
6/18 - Boston, MA @ Palladium
6/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
6/20 - Washington, DC @ The Nation
6/22 - Atlanta, GA @ TBC
6/27 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum
6/28 - Houston, TX @ Numbers

Thanks to "p.d.e" and MTV.Com

Dick Clark, Deborah Harry, Coolio, and Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, will be the guests on Bill Mahr's POLITICALLY INCORRECT tv show (US show), AIRING THIS FRIDAY JAN 8TH! Check your local listings.

More on "No Exit"
Re: "No Exit"
This is a brand new Blondie song, not a remake. It's a vampire gothic rap rock Debbie Harry & Coolio duet.

You may remember Blondie's song "Rapture" back in the day, that has been sampled a lot. The band, who always had roots in punk rock, branched out to many different styles, and supported rap and hip hop back in it's infancy. They were cool with a lot of different people, Fab Five Freddy, Grandmaster Flash, etc.

Blondie, Coolio, plus members of the Wu Tang Clan and Mobb Deep will perform the song on the American Music Awards, airing Monday, Jan 11. 1999!!!!

"No Exit"
Coolio and Deborah Harry has made a new version of "No Exit", the Blondie song.
The song "No Exit" will appear on Blondie's first new album in 16+ years, of the same name "No Exit", due out Feburary 23, 1999.
Blondie and Coolio will perform the song on the American Music Awards, airing Jan. 11, 1999.
Info from Daniel Morrical. Official Blondie Website

Hi everyone.
I'm aware that I haven't spent much time updating the site in the last month or so, that's because I have a big workload at the moment.
I'll try to update whenever I have time, and most importantly, whenever there is anything new and interesting about Coolio to report.
Tell me what this site is missing... I know there isn't any guestbook, and that's because I'm very tired of each and every website with a guestbook. But if you, the visitor want a guestbook, I'll put one here. How about a discussion board? Isn't such a board better? Let me know, email me.
Peace!
Karam

New Album!
This is from Coolio himself.... He's working on an album with the 40 thevz called ENK, which will be out late this year or early next year.
They're trying to spread the message amongst young people about how bad the crime is in some parts of Compton (LA).
Thanks, alice for the info.

So it seems like Coolio's next single will be "My Soul", an excellent track in my opinion. The lyrics are really deep.

NEW COOLIO INTERVIEW!

Read about Coolio's legal problems in Germany!

Coolio hosted Yo! MTV on Sep 3rd (European airplay date), played a bunch of videos incl. his new video "Ooh La La" (Directed by G. Thomas & Coolio) where the 40 Thevz appeares along with Ras Kass in the backseat of the low rider Coolio's driving.

Coolio was in the recent issue of US magazine (with George Clooney on the cover).
He performed on Rosie O' Donnell in June and did the Tonight Show with Jay Leno July 15.
He was on David Letterman August 20 and will debut his new single, "Ooh La La" on VIBE TV Sept. 19.
He'll also be on an upcoming cover of Entertainment Weekly (early September). Also, Coolio is no longer associated with Paul Stewart or PMP. And Crowbar has a new address:
5537 Senford Avenue, LaDera Heights, CA 90056.

New Coolio Album 1

According to The SOURCE hip-hop magazine, July 1997 issue.

New Coolio Album 2

Gangsta's Paradise producer sue Coolio

Tommy Boy Music official news release.

• Coolio just returned from touring Japan and is in the studio working on his next album, due this summer.
  
• He has a cameo role in the next Batman movie and will have a song on that film's soundtrack.
  
• He's also starring in a movie with Chuck D called "An Alan Smithee Film," which is a comedy.
  No release dates on either film are available.
• He's not touring right now, but is doing a few shows in various cities.

TV-appearence

Coolio Recalls His Gangland Past

Sweden concert

Coolio stars beach party film

Soundtracks...

The Box

Guest Starring

Movie parts...

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