The album also contained a few minor hits in "County Line" and "I Remember".
It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the biggest rap singles of the year. The album contained the single " Fantastic Voyage" which became Coolio's breakout song. Three years later in 1994 Coolio signed to Tommy Boy Records and released his debut solo album, It Takes a Thief. The album was regionally successful but didn't make much impact on a national scale. He had a few verses on the group's debut album, Ain't a Damn Thang Changed, including on the single "Dress Code". WC was the group's lead rapper, but Coolio was another rapper in the group. Neither single was successful, but Coolio had made connections in the Los Angeles rap scene, and ended up joining the group WC and the Maad Circle in 1991. He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me". Music career Ĭoolio began rapping from a young age and performed in many local Los Angeles rap contests as a youth. After rehabilitation, Coolio worked various odd jobs such as working as a California Conservation Corps member at the Pomona site, and as a firefighter in the forests of northern California during the 1980s. Ĭoolio was a regular guest of the Los Angeles radio station KDAY.Ĭoolio's early musical career was ended as he began selling "crack" cocaine. Coolio got into trouble outside home as he spent time with Compton's Mona Park Crips gang members, although he was never formally accepted into the gang. His parents divorced and his family moved to Compton, California. Coolio was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, the son of Artis Leon Ivey Sr., a carpenter, and Jackie Slater, a factory worker.
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