Coolio Pictures, Lyrics, Relationships, Biography, Discography, Videos, News, Ringtones

Coolio was one of the first rappers to balance pop accessibility with gritty, street-level subject matter and language. Yet despite his nods to hardcore, his music was clearly more happy-go-lucky at heart; he shared the West Coast scene's love of laid-back '70s funk, and that attitude translated to his music far more often than Dr. Dre's Death Row/G-funk axis. Most of Coolio's hits were exuberant, good-time party anthems (save for his moody signature song "Gangsta's Paradise"), and he created a goofy, ingratiating persona in the videos that supported them. He was also popular with younger...Read more

• El Cool Magnifico  (2002)
• My Soul  (1997)
• Gangsta's Paradise  (1995)
• It Takes A Thief  (1994)
• Non-Album Songs

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  • Josefa Salinas
  • 1996-Now Married

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• What Is an MC?
• Shake It Up
• Cadillac Vogues
• Show Me Love
• Ghetto Square Dance
• Would You Still Be Mine
• Hear Me Now
• Island Hop
• Like This
• Skirrrt

• That's How It Is
• Geto Highlites
• Gangsta's Paradise
• Too Hot
• Crusin'

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