Coolio

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actor human rapper record producer songwriter

Coolio was an American rapper, producer, and actor best known for his Grammy-winning 1995 hit "Gangsta's Paradise" and his influence on 1990s West Coast hip hop.

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Label Occurrences
Coolio canonical 10

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2022 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1980s ⓘ
appearedIn Dangerous Minds ⓘ
Kenan & Kel ⓘ
associatedAct 40 Thevz ⓘ
L.V. ⓘ
WC and the Maad Circle ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ⓘ
birthName Artis Leon Ivey Jr. ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1963-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-09-28 ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Ivey ⓘ
genre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
givenName Artis ⓘ
influenced 1990s West Coast hip hop ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableAchievement Recorded one of the best-selling singles of 1995 with "Gangsta's Paradise" ⓘ
notableWork C U When U Get There ⓘ
Fantastic Voyage ⓘ
Gangsta’s Paradise ⓘ
surface form: Gangsta's Paradise

Gangsta's Paradise (album) ⓘ
It Takes a Thief ⓘ
My Soul ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Compton, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Profile Records ⓘ
Riviera Records ⓘ
Tommy Boy Records ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
stageName Coolio self-link ⓘ

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Pastime Paradise → sampledByArtist → Coolio ⓘ
Dangerous Minds → performer → Coolio ⓘ
subject surface form: Gangsta’s Paradise
Gangsta’s Paradise → artist → Coolio ⓘ
Gangsta’s Paradise → vocalist → Coolio ⓘ
Gangsta’s Paradise → writer → Coolio ⓘ
Coolio → stageName → Coolio self-link ⓘ
L.V. → collaboratedWith → Coolio ⓘ
L.V. → associatedAct → Coolio ⓘ
Tommy Boy Records → signedArtist → Coolio ⓘ
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn → starring → Coolio ⓘ