Coolio was arrested Tuesday on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for driving with a suspended license, Los Angeles police said. The 44-year-old rapper was released roughly...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Grammy-winning rap artist Coolio seems to be surrounded by a near-constant shroud of controversy in the last year, including legal battles resulting from arrests in...
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A car crash on Friday (June 4) night has led Coolio and his Crowbar Records crew to cancel their tour, which was to hit 18 cities.
The accident occurred when the...
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Chart-topping rapper DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has been cleared of all charges in an unsolved stabbing attack in Denver (LAUNCH, 5/17), according to a statement...
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Following his arrest on Sept. 15 for possession of a concealed weapon and marijuana, as well as driving on the wrong side of the street with an expired driver's license...
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Rap star Coolio could face 10 days in jail and 40 hours of community service after pleading no contest to firearm charges in California on Wednesday.
The plea came nearly...
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Kenny G, Coolio, Lionel Richie, Grammy-winning a cappella group All-4-One, and country singer Kevin Sharp rang in the new year and California's new Democratic Governor Gray...
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Could Coolio and his group the 40 Thevz be living up to their name? That's what fans may be asking themselves after the rapper was found guilty of theft in Stuttgart,...
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Last week in our exclusive chat with Coolio, the Grammy-winning rapper claimed that his Sept. 15 arrest for possession of a concealed weapon and marijuana, as well as...
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In his first online chat since his arrest on Sept. 15 for possession of a concealed weapon and marijuana, as well as driving on the wrong side of the street with an expired...
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Coolio's initial plan to hold an online chat about his arrest was canceled after the producers of his official website, www.cooliosofficialwebsite.com, feared they would...
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Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard just can't seem to stay out of trouble. This morning at 12:30 a.m., ODB was arrested for making "terrorist threats" at a Des'ree...
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Immortal Records has emerged victorious in the battle to release the soundtrack to Slam, 1998's winner of both the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the...
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The public prosecutor in Stuttgart, Germany, has indicted Tommy Boy Records rapper Coolio and six members of his group--the ironically named 40 Thevz--on theft and assault...
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Third Eye Blind was the big winner Saturday at the first annual California Music Awards, taking home three Bammies. Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan won...
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Rumors that country star Kenny
Rogers and rapper Coolio have teamed for "The Gambler '98" appear to be a bit premature. Nashville tongues have been wagging about the...
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Rapper Coolio has signed to star in the independent film Midnight Mass, his biggest role to date after appearances in Dear God and Batman And Robin.
First-time director...
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Ice-T, Kurtis Blow and Coolio were among stars expected to be on hand to rap and wrap gifts at the L.A. nightclub Billboard Live the night of December 23rd.
An annual...
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Rapper Coolio covers a Dust Brothers-produced take on Rick James's "Mary Jane" as the first single off the new Universal film Half Baked.
The film, written by and starring...
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Rapper Coolio and his posse had a bit of a hassle on a recent shopping trip in Germany. They were arrested for shoplifting and assault in a small town outside Stuttgart,...
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Hip-hop herbalists Cypress
Hill have recorded their own ferocious version of KRS-1's "I'm Still #1" for In Tha Beginning, an upcoming compilation album featuring today's...
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Coolio is joining the ranks of rap superstars like Puff Daddy and Dr. Dre who rule both sides of the urban music biz, by launching his own record label. The L.A.-based...
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