Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.

Subsequently Coolio was dropped from Tommy Boy Records and his albums since then 2001's Coolio. It Takes a Thief eventually peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 200 becoming certified Platinum. The CD meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine.

(born August 1 1963) better known by the stage name Coolio is an American Grammy Award-winning musician rapper actor and record producer. Artis Leon Ivey Jr. He is best known for the song "Gangsta's Paradise" and the theme song for Kenan & Kel a Nickelodeon show from 1996 to 2000.