Coolio Arrested For Possession of Crack

Grammy-winning rapper Coolio was arrested earlier today at Los Angeles airport for suspected possession of crack cocaine. According to reports, the 45-year-old rapper was busted after going through airport security. A screening revealed the drug on his person and he was then taken into custody.

Although no other details have been released, TMZ reports that Coolio, born Artis Levon Ivey Jr., was attempting to board a Southwest Airlines flight when he was apprehended. He is also believed to have gotten "physical" with the security screener.

Coolio reached the height of his fame in 1995 upon the release of the single 'Gangsta's Paradise.' The song, which was featured in the film 'Dangerous Minds,' pushed the album of the same name to platinum-plus status.

The rapper recently found himself back in the spotlight via his reality show 'Coolio's Rules' on the Oxygen network. Last year, he hosted an online cooking show called 'Cooking with Coolio.'



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YaacobUriyah

First thing black people must shake this "STEROTYPE" image the media has created and stop emulating it.It's amazing how the young blacks play into the buffoon and criminal image.On and on we see embarassing moments and the sheer IGNORANCE these brothers and sisters disply in front of the world.You would think by them traveling all over the world and seeing other cultures they would learn something but it seem they can't shake the "GHETTO-"GANGTER-THUG" mentality.WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE !!!...Then you get angry when others call it for what it is.....Here you lable yourselves N%##@&RS and when whites call you this you get angry...You call yourselves DOGS and are begining to act like animals...You degrade you black woman and wonder why she's seeking other ethnic partners...And black sisters your just as guilty...HERE YOU ACCEPT BEING CALLED BITCHES AND HOES BY THESE IGNORANT BROTHERS...OHH, AND READILLY EMBRACE INGORANT THUGS LIKE JAY-Z AND WANNA-BE's LIKE CHRIS BROWN....PERVERTS LIKE R. KELLY AND JUST OUTRIGHT FOOLS LIKE DMX ,P.DIDDY AND THIS CLOWN SNOOPDOG. (You can be rich and successful and stiil be ignorant of TRUTH and LIFE meaning) The young blacks are putting us back into SLAVERY...Just as a KKK once told me"LOOK WHO'S WEARING THE HOODS NOW"...think about it.GANGSTER RAP is not a culture , it's a manipulative tool that has destroyed more Black Males than any weapon of war.WE embrace all the wrong things just because it's BLACK...SO dont get angry because other see us for what you portray yourselves to be...As for myself, I try to be an example for you "FOOLS" and show others that all blacks are not like you...THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE INTELLEGENT with DIGNITY ....OHHH and by the way and show others we can hold our heads HIGH and keep our pants UP....OK?

March 09 2009 at 8:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
YaacobUriyah

ANTHROPSYCHO has some valid points I must say...I'm Afro-American and it is reall ashame that we as black people play into the stereotype image that the media create...it's no wonder others look upon us as all criminals and buffoons.Thanks to the younger generation not knowing or understanding our history we as a people are putting ourselves back in slavery....So don't HATE ON Anthropsycho....some points are true and we have to correct it and stop supporting these "DEADHEAD"brothers and sisters thatsupport the racist perception of us just because he's black....look a R.kelly...whites would have disowned him but what we do...embrace this pervert.The only beef I have with this dude is that not all blacks are criminal and the laww isand I repeat IS bias when it come to the law with blacks .I KNOW BECAUSE IM A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN AND HAVE BEEN WRONGLY ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL EVEN WHEN A WHITE ASSULTED ME FIRST...So there are a lot that this system contribute to...But we as black must shake this terrible IMAGE we so willinglg grasp....GANER RAP IS NOT A CULTURE...IT'S A MANIPULATIVE TOOL THAT HAS DESTROYED MORE BLACKMALES THAN ANY WEAPON OF WAR.

March 09 2009 at 7:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fortgary42

Geez,did he run through all of his money and now he's on crack? Didn't Whitney Houston say" Crack is wack"? ahahahah!

March 08 2009 at 10:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ANTHROPSYCHO

Hey MOEKATRAVEL,

You sound as if you think it is okay for people to carry and get caught with crack on their person. You are angry because you probably smoke crack. This is typical of blacks. They commit crimes and never take responsibility. They always think that it is someone else's fault. I can asure you that this mutt Coolio is going to try to say someone planted it on him or that the police assaulted him. He is no better than Rodney King. Rodney King used his vehicle as a weapon while he was driving under the influence of crack and endangered a lot of lives. He should be glad all he got was an asswhipping. It is also typical of blacks to want to fight all of the time, as proven by Coolio at the airport and by MOEKATRAVEL in your comments. All you people know is violence. Blacks are not judged by the actions of one, they are judged by the actions of many. Have you read the statistics on the number of blacks in the juvenile system, city and county jails, and prisons. This is fucking ridiculous. Also blacks are killing each other in record numbers by the minute. So if you think that blacks are not going anywhere, think again, your numbers are decreasing by the minute, thanks to all of the reasons that I mentioned. Put the crack pipe down, Go to school,pick up a book and read, gain some knowledge, get a job, and become a productive and civil member of society. Maybe you won't be so mad and violent all of the time. Stop committing so many crimes against your own people and other innocent, hard working people in society and you just might be one of the one's who are not going anywhere,because as we speak you are nothing more than an undesireable who is wasting space and oxygen.

March 07 2009 at 12:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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crixis

Wow...I can't believe in this day and age, someone who is so obviously uneducated would have the nerve to continue to speak nothing but ignorance. It is people like you who ruin this country and make it unfit for our posterity. People like you inspire me. That your parents were that dumb to raise you that way is no longer alarming to me; it helps me separate trash from productive members of society...Get from behind the computer and get a job you loser. Also, you definately need God in your life. Maybe you wouldn't be so bitter.

March 08 2009 at 1:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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