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Biography

Artis Ivey, 1 August 1963, Compton, Los Angeles, California, USA. Boasting a long, though infrequently recorded, career in hip-hop, rapper Coolio's career finally took…more

Born

8/1/1963, Compton, California, USA

Birth Name

Artis Ivey Jr.

Gender

Male

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Star (9)

Role
- Rachael vs Guy Celebrity Cook-Off
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Restaurant Battle
    1/29/12
  - S 1: Ep 5 Friends and Family Favorites
    1/29/12
  - S 1: Ep 4 Lunch Cart Showdown
    1/22/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Chopping Block
    1/15/12
  - S 1: Ep 1 Celebrity Food Festival
    1/1/12
  - + 1 More Credits
- Rachael vs Guy Celebrity Cook-Off
  Celebrity Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 6 Restaurant Battle
    1/29/12
- Big Brother (UK)
  Celebrity Housemate [Series 6]
  - S 12: Ep 6 Ultimate Housemate - Day Five Highlights
    8/29/10
  - S 12: Ep 5 Ultimate Housemate - Day Four Highlights
    8/28/10
  - S 12: Ep 3 Ultimate Housemate - Day Three Highlights - Live
    8/27/10
  - S 12: Ep 2 Ultimate Housemate - Day Two Highlights
    8/26/10
  - S 12: Ep 1 Ultimate Housemate - Day One Highlights
    8/25/10
- Big Brother (UK)
  Celebrity Housemate
  - S 11: Ep 88 Big Brother: The Final Send Off - Live
    8/24/10
- Celebrity Big Brother
  Himself (Series 6)
  - S 6: Ep 2 Series 6, Live Launch
    1/2/09
- Coolio's Rules
  Self
- Celebrity Paranormal Project
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tanner's Ghost
    11/19/06
- I Love the 90s
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 I Love: 1999
    7/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 9 I Love: 1998
    7/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 8 I Love: 1997
    7/15/04
  - S 1: Ep 7 I Love: 1996
    7/15/04
  - S 1: Ep 6 I Love: 1995
    7/14/04
  - + 5 More Credits
- Celebrity Bootcamp
  Himself-WINNER
  - S 1: Ep 1 Boot Camp 2 Hour Special
    9/30/02
Guest Star (56)

Role
- Big Brother's Little Brother
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 15 Ultimate Housemate - Episode 15 [Extended Episode]
    9/10/10
  - S 4: Ep 42 Episode 137
    7/11/03
  - S 4: Ep 40 Episode 135
    7/9/03
- Big Brother (UK)
  Ex-Housemate
  - S 12: Ep 23 Ultimate Big Brother - The Final Hour - Live
    9/10/10
  - S 12: Ep 20 Ultimate Big Brother - Day Seventeen Highlights/Big Brother: All Access/Eviction #6, #7, #8, #9/Jade Goody: Ultimate Housemate
    9/10/10
- Big Brother's Big Mouth
  Himself (Pre-recorded Message)
  - S 14: Ep 1 Ultimate Housemate - Episode 1
    8/24/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 212 Episode #2.212
    5/12/09
  - S 1: Ep 236 June 10, 2008
    6/10/08
  - S 1: Ep 46 November 1, 2007
    11/1/07
- Celebrity Juice
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Episode 9
    2/25/09
- The Sunday Night Project
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 8 Lily Allen
    2/8/09
- Big Brother's Big Mouth
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 16 Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth Episode 54 [Extended Episode]
    1/23/09
  - S 10: Ep 6 Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth Episode 44 [Extended Episode]
    1/9/09
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Self
  - S 5: Ep 46 Coolio/Tom Dressen & Tim Reid
    11/11/08
- The Wendy Williams Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 9
    7/24/08
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 133 Coolio/A.J. Buckley/Robyn
    5/20/08
  - S 4: Ep 88 Coolio/Jason Randal/Dweezil Zappa
    2/29/08
- Street Fury
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 19 SEMA Fury 2.0
    11/13/05
- Celebrity Blackjack
  Tournament Player
  - S 2: Ep 12 Semi-Finals Game 2
    1/4/05
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cheryl Hines v. Coolio v. Meat Loaf v. Mathew St. Patrick
    11/2/04
- VH1 Goes Inside
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Fear Factor
    3/20/04
- Celebrity Poker Showdown
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Tournament 1 Game 4
    12/23/03
- The Hollywood Squares
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 31 October 20 - 24, 2003 - Monday
    10/24/03
- V Graham Norton
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 41 July 7th 2003
    7/7/03
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 9 Christmas Episode
    12/29/02
- RI:SE
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 156 show #156
    12/2/02
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Music Makers Edition
    11/19/02
- Robbery Homicide Division
  G-Down/Greg
  - S 1: Ep 5 Alton Davis Redux
    10/25/02
- Spy TV
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 14 Episode #215
    8/6/02
- Beat the Geeks
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 8 Episode 73
    7/17/02
- America's Funniest Home Videos
  Judge
  - S 12: Ep 25 America's Funniest Home Videos: The Battle Of The Best
    5/2/02
- Player$
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Coolio
    5/1/02
- Static Shock
  Marvin Roper / Replikon
  - S 2: Ep 10 Duped
    4/27/02
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (US)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Alex Borstein, Terri Nunn, Coolio, Jim Norton
    3/18/02
- Charmed
  Lazarus Demon
  - S 4: Ep 15 Marry-Go-Round
    3/14/02
- Rendez-View
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 34 Me, myself and I
    12/13/01
- Fear Factor
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Bus Surfing; Torture Cell; Swinging Circle (Celebrity Edition)
    11/27/01
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 8: Ep 9 Mo'Nique, Coolio, E-40, John McWhorter
    9/15/00
- Arli$$
  Ernest
  - S 5: Ep 5 It's Who You Know
    7/9/00
- 18 Wheels of Justice
  Cecil Loftus
  - S 1: Ep 11 Two Eyes for an Eye
    3/22/00
- Malcolm & Eddie
  Troy Jensen
  - S 3: Ep 19 Daddio
    5/4/99
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
- Futurama
  Kwanzaabot
- Early Edition
  Julius 'C-Roc' Ruby
  - S 3: Ep 16 Number One with a Bullet
    2/20/99
- V.I.P.
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Vallery of the Dolls
    11/21/98
- The Nanny
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 8 Making Whoopi (3)
    11/18/98
- The Nanny
  Irwin
  - S 5: Ep 17 Homie-Work
    3/18/98
- Muppets Tonight
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Best of Muppets Tonight
    12/21/97
  - S 2: Ep 5 Coolio, Don Rickles
    10/19/97
- TFI Friday
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 Jimmy Nail, Peter Beardsley, Tony Bennett, Coolio, Supergrass.
    10/10/97
- Hitz
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    8/26/97
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 206 Show #0855
    8/20/97
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 230 Show #230
    6/16/97
  - S 1: Ep 37 Show #37
    7/31/96
- Duckman
  Voice of Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Coolio Runnings
    1/11/97
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 A Girl and Her Cat
    12/13/96
- Dangerous Minds
  Mr. Thomas
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/30/96
- Saturday Night Special
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 James Woods, John Goodman, Rodney Dangerfield, Lynn Whitfield, Coolio, Garbage
    4/27/96
- Space: Above and Beyond
  Bacchus Host
  - S 1: Ep 20 R & R
    4/12/96
- Al TV
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Bad Hair Day
    4/7/96
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 21: Ep 12 Danny Aiello/Coolio
    2/10/96
- All That
  Musical Guest
  - S 2: Ep 13 Sinbad / Coolio
    1/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 8 Coolio
    2/11/95
- The Parent 'Hood (1995)
  The Gangster
  - S 1: Ep 13 Trust a Move
    5/17/95
- Soul Train
  Guest
  - S 24: Ep 23 Whispers/ Lo-Key/ Coolio & the 40 Thevz
    3/18/95
- Martin
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 18 All the Players Came
    2/16/95
- The Electric Playground
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 202 - Episode 15
Cameo (2)

Role
- Big Brother (UK)
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 23 Ultimate Big Brother - The Final Hour - Live
    9/10/10
- Joey
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 7 Joey and the Poker
    11/3/05
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Futurama
  Kwanzaabot
  - S 4: Ep 2 A Tale of Two Santas
    12/23/01
Main Title Theme (1)

Role
- Kenan & Kel
  Main Title Theme

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Coolio is known for his crazy hairstyle with spidery braids that stick out all o ver his head. Weird Al copied his hairstyle for his record cover on Bad Hair Day.
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- Coolio was nominated in 1996 for an MTV Movie Award for 'Best Movie Song' for "Gangsta's Paradise" from the hit movie Dangerous Minds. He won an ASCAP Film & Festival Award for "Gangsta's Paradise" as well.
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- Coolio was not aware that his then producers, Tommy Boy Records, had authorized Weird Al Yankovich to record a parody of his hit single "Gangsta's Paradise". So, when "Amish Paradise" was released, he was angry, the parody and accompanying album Bad Hair Day became Weird Al's best selling record.
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Quotes
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- Coolio: Movies are a trip to make, right. I can't believe that it is ME up on that screen, but it is! I hope to make a few more, but music is more my game, I will stay true to that.
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- Coolio: I like to keep my music playful, stuff that you can play up in the party to keep people happy and dancing. I like harder music, but it just isn't my style to put it out there, I'll leave that up to someone else.
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