AP - Jun 26, 2009
Rapper Coolio has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to felony cocaine possession in a deal that requires him to spend 18 months in rehab. District attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison says the 45-year-old rapper...
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Rapper Coolio has pleaded not guilty to drug possession and battery charges. The 45-year-old rapper, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, entered his plea during an arraignment in Los Angeles on Friday...
More »E! Online - Apr 3, 2009
L.A. Superior is definitely not gangsta's paradise. Just ask Coolio, who turned up in court today for arraignment on charges stemming from his March 6 drug bust at Los Angeles International...
More »Reuters - Mar 10, 2009
Rap star Coolio was charged on Tuesday with possession of crack cocaine and battery following his arrest last week at Los Angeles International Airport. The Grammy-winning performer, whose real name...
More »AP - Mar 6, 2009
Authorities say rapper Coolio has been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of drug possession. He was arrested and booked on felony narcotics possession after being stopped at Los Angeles...
More »Reuters - Oct 29, 2007
Rapper Coolio, who topped the pop charts in 1995 with the Grammy-winning tune Gangsta's Paradise, will star in a reality TV show for women's cable network Oxygen. Coolio & the Gang, set to...
More »USRN - Aug 27, 2002
(8/27/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Celebrity Boot Camp has enlisted television and music personalities for an all-new reality special that sends them to Marines boot camp. Celebrity recruits like former teen pop...
More »USRN - Jun 21, 2002
(6/21/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- Coolio previewed his new album, El Cool Magnifico, Wednesday (June 19) at a private listening session and party at his Los Angeles home. The album is scheduled to be released...
More »USRN - Feb 26, 2002
(2/26/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Rapper-actor Coolio is trying his luck on Charmed, for which he will play a demon who crashes Phoebe s (Alyssa Milano) wedding on the March 14 episode titled Merry-Go-Round....
More »USRN - Nov 30, 2001
(11/30/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- Rap star Coolio, who will receive $50,000 for winning the celebrity edition of NBC s reality series Fear Factor broadcast Tuesday (November 27), intends to use his winnings for...
More »USRN - Nov 26, 2001
(11/26/01, 3 p.m. ET) -- Rap star Coolio is one of eight artists featured on a celebrity edition of Fear Factor, the NBC reality TV show scheduled to air Tuesday at 8 p.m. Coolio, actresses Kelly Preston...
More »USRN - Aug 23, 2001
(8/23/01, 4 p.m. ET) Ice Cube, Coolio, Brian McKnight, Dalvin DeGrate of Jodeci, Morris Chestnut, Boris Kodjoe, Bill Bellamy, Don Cheadle, Joe Torry, and Larenz Tate are among the celebrities who participate...
More »USRN - Jan 16, 2001
(1/16/01, 12 p.m. ET) - Tommy Boy Records, which present chairman Tom Silverman started in 1981, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with several album reissues. The Jonzun Crew s Lost In Space and Planet...
More »USRN - Oct 3, 2000
(10/3/00, 6 p.m. ET) - Looks like Romeo is a fighter, not a lover, after all. Los Angeles-based producer Romeo, aka Dominic Aldridge, says that Coolio owes him production fees and royalties on three songs...
More »USRN - Sep 13, 2000
(9/14/00, 10 a.m. ET) - Rapper Coolio joined forces with U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher in Washington, D.C., yesterday (September 13) to urge people afflicted with asthma to care for themselves properly...
More »USRN - Jul 27, 2000
(7/28/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Kenny Rogers will make an appearance on two rap projects in the upcoming months. Rogers participates in Wyclef Jean s Kenny Rogers Scene, which is included on his album The Ecleftic...
More »USRN - Sep 23, 1999
(9/23/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - The ongoing battle between Coolio and his former touring bandmates the Wylde Bunch reached a head on Wednesday (Sept. 23) when they took their dispute to the syndicated Judge Joe...
More »USRN - Sep 7, 1999
(9/6/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - The battle following Coolio s ill-fated Crowbar Tour has ended up in the courts (LAUNCH, 6/25), as two members of the crew have filed suits against Crystal Dragon, the management...
More »USRN - Aug 9, 1999
Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com): NBC: Late Night With Conan O Brien - Bare Jr. is the musical guest. (To read a Bare Jr. feature, click here.) MTV: Making The Video - Go behind the scenes with...
More »USRN - Jul 7, 1999
(7/8/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - Grammy-winning rapper Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey appeared in South Bay Superior Court in Torrance, Calif., on Wednesday (July 7) for a pretrial hearing on a gun possession charge...
More »USRN - Jun 24, 1999
(6/25/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - Yesterday representatives for the Wylde Bunch contacted LAUNCH, claiming that two musicians injured in a van crash while on tour with Coolio (LAUNCH, 6/9) had yet to be paid for...
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