Artist
Coolio
Coolio is a hip-hop artist from Compton, USA formed in 1987. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Compton, USA · Best hip-hop albums
- 39
- Releases
- 1994–2026
- Active years
- 1987
- Formed
Discography
18
Most popular
It Takes a Thief
1994 · 16 tracks
The Return of the Gangsta
2006
My Soul
1997
- Coolio & Friends
Coolio & Friends
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The Very Best
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Greatest Hits
2025
My Soul (25th Anniversary)
2022
Cruise Off
2018
The Essential Collection
2012
The Collection
2012
Gangsta's Paradise 2k11
2011
The Greatest Hits And Remixes (Re-Recorded Version)
2011
From the Bottom 2 the Top
2009
Steal Hear
2008
Hip Hop Masters
2008
El Cool Magnifico
2002
Coolio.com
2001
Fantastic Voyage: The Greatest Hits
2001
Popular tracks
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Singles & EPs
21
Too Hot
Single · 1995
Rhino Hi-Five: Coolio
EP · 2005
Gangsta's Paradise
Single · 1995
Gangsta's Paradise (Pistol Smoke Remix)
Single · 2026
Gangsta's Paradise (Mumbai House Remix)
Single · 2025
Gangsta's Paradise (Instrumental)
Single · 2025
Gangsta's Paradise (Coopex Edit)
Single · 2023
Gangsta's Paradise (Re-Recorded - Orchestral Version)
Single · 2022
The Floor Is Lava
Single · 2022
She's So Ratchet EP
EP · 2015
Gangsta's Paradise (Re-Recorded/Re-Mastered Version) (Instrumental Stems)
Single · 2008
Fantastic Voyage (Re-Recorded)
Single · 2008
Fantastic Voyage (Re-Recorded Version)
Single · 2008
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Gangsta's Paradise (as heard in The Green Hornet) [Re-Recorded/Re-Mastered Version]
Single · 2008
Gangsta Walk
EP · 2007
Rhino Hi-Five: Coolio, Volume 2
EP · 2006
Ooh La La
Single · 1997
C U When U Get There
Single · 1997
It's All the Way Live (Now)
Single · 1996
1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)
Single · 1996
Fantastic Voyage
Single · 1994
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Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (born August 1, 1963), known professionally as Coolio, is an American Grammy Award-winning musician, rapper, chef, actor, and record producer. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He is best known for his 1995 Grammy winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "C U When U Get There" (1997) and "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996). He was also known for rapping the theme song for the late 1990s Nickelodeon series Kenan & Kel. Coolio has since gone on to release albums independently, as well becoming a chef, creating a web series titled Cookin' with Coolio and releasing a cookbook. He recorded two singles in 1987, titled "Watch Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me". Coolio made connections in the L.A. rap scene, and in 1991, ended up joining the group WC and the Maad Circle, led by rapper WC. He had a few verses on the group's debut album Ain't a Damn Thang Changed, including on the single "Dress Code". The album was regionally successful.
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Coolio and jazz saxophonist Jarez were enlisted in July 2008 as spokespersons by the group Environmental Justice and Climate Change to educate students at historically black colleges and universities about global warming. Coolio is a spokesperson for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. He says that he and his children are asthma sufferers. As a child, he was taken to the hospital several times due to asthma complications. In 1998, a court in Stuttgart sentenced Coolio to six months' probation and fined him $17,000 after convicting him of being an accessory to robbery and causing bodily injury. Coolio appeared in the 2009 season of the British television show Celebrity Big Brother. He talked about his ten children from four different relationships. Coolio also appeared in Celebrity Wife Swap which aired March 5th 2013.
Coolio in brief
- How many Coolio releases are on Riffiter?
- 39 releases are catalogued, spanning 1994 to 2026.
- When was Coolio formed?
- Coolio formed in 1987, in Compton, USA.
- What genre is Coolio?
- Coolio is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
- What is the most recent Coolio release on Riffiter?
- Gangsta's Paradise (Pistol Smoke Remix), released in 2026.