Coolio Interview: Cocaine Addiction, Story Behind Gangsta's Paradise + Freestyles Live
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From breaking new artists, to staying true to its Hip Hop roots -- Sway in the Morning welcomes Coolio to our Shade 45 studio for a very candid interview.
Nothing was off-limits for Coolio. He opened up about making his big break at 30 years old with Gangsta's Paradise, becoming the first hip hop artist to visit countries overseas and his downfall with cocaine.
Watch above as he breaks down the stories we all want to know -- and of course we couldn't let him leave without kicking a freestyle!
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Gangsta's Paradise will never get old. Even 100 yrs from now man. Praise this dude for that classic. 2022: RIP Coolio man. Smh. To the gangsta’s paradise
@blackout.X
9 жыл бұрын
You're right bro. i agree
@OneWordWesley
9 жыл бұрын
+Carlos Rios so true
@Empresslockness
9 жыл бұрын
+Carlos Rios And praise Stevie Wonder for the original.
@blackout.X
9 жыл бұрын
+Empresslockness i didn't know Stevie Wonder did the original
@Empresslockness
9 жыл бұрын
+Soul Rebel Yes, the song is called Pastime Paradise.
So much respect for this man! My schoolfriend was murdered back in '97 & Coolio sent flowers to his funeral in London because he had heard he was a fan.
@heirbornelite
8 жыл бұрын
thats dope!
@norightturn7047
8 жыл бұрын
+2high That is pretty cool. Sorry about your friend. :(
@valeraseparatist9753
4 жыл бұрын
I think your name is Billy Boolshit 🤔
@Make-Asylums-Great-Again
4 жыл бұрын
Valera Separatist I think you’re correct.
@yutaman3470
4 жыл бұрын
just make sure not to get 2high
Met him in 2011 and boy oh boy, what a beautiful soul. Brilliant, funny and so kind. You will be missed
@sebastianamourarodrigues5774
Жыл бұрын
Sim
🔥 FIRE freestyle starts at 34:30 🔥
@Doriamo
8 жыл бұрын
thank you :)
@djtruedomination
8 жыл бұрын
+MONTREALITY That was tight
@godlyimmortal
8 жыл бұрын
+MONTREALITY had to run that back shit was dope
@LAODERTHANWORDZ
8 жыл бұрын
Montreality!!!!!!
@Fahqu98
8 жыл бұрын
+MONTREALITY whats the beat?
The kenan and kel theme song he did was pure fire. Best song he ever made
@GFunkRaised
9 жыл бұрын
Haha right! His other hit song "gangsters paradise" was for the movie "dangerous minds". Coolio stayed killing them 90's soundtracks. Haha
@Jsimm100
8 жыл бұрын
That song and Gangsters Paradise #CLASSIC
@XRTISTMusic
8 жыл бұрын
what about fantastic voyage
@elkemorczinek8741
8 жыл бұрын
+Yung Pup Sucked !!
@delrealmoore3723
8 жыл бұрын
Yea i like that way better than gansta paridice
R.I.P Coolio Another legend gone but not forgotten!!!
Props to Coolio man. This interview showed me that we should spend less time dissing and dismissing our forefathers. Those who came before us. Coolio is a guy that some crack on and call corny or make fun of but he's a human being like all of us, has been through some real shit, and overall has a positive energy about him. In 2015 I'm rootin' for Coolio!
Yeah!! New Zealand Represent!!! In 1995 I was only10 years old when I begged my mum to buy me this single. It changed my life forever! This is the first tape I ever paid for, and I still have it in my closet today! Thank you Coolio for the memories and speaking the mind state of many Gangstas here in New Zealand and around the world!
@geokouassi9771
Жыл бұрын
😢
I always appreciate the fact that Coolio is humble enough to admit his mistakes.
RIP COOLIO 🙏🏾🕊️You in Gangster Paradise now OG 👌🏾💪🏾
I still play Coolio's music all the time. Gangsta's paradise , I always make sure to play , especially when teens are around. That song still brings tears to my eyes. I have been there and seen to much of it. I went through drugs myself when I was a kid. I quit school in the 7th grade to make money. I went back the next year , took a test and went straight into the tenth grade . my mom brought me to another state.
@francoisnel5253
Жыл бұрын
One of the first / only songs I ever memorized and albums I bought as a teen. Strangely as they say the song crossed through to different classes and countries in a special way.
coolio one of the most down to earth guys in hip hop
Damn Coolio!! 52 years young and sounding better than half of these nigga outchea!!!
@OneWordWesley
9 жыл бұрын
+timmy23ize that's cuz he's still original
What he said about features was spot on!
🙏🏽Rip Coolio #2022 🙏🏽Rip 2Pac #1996 🙏🏽Rip DMX #2021
I'll never forget when he was in Sabrina the Teenage Witch. In other news, that freestyle was COLD!
@Wellington205i
9 жыл бұрын
That was a good episode.
@Kickinthescience
8 жыл бұрын
Dont forget kenan&kel
@porschawilson4493
6 жыл бұрын
And the Nanny
Great guest and interview! Thank you so much for sharing this.
REST IN PEACE TO MY DEAR HEART COOLIO ! THIS MAN WAS AN AMAZING INTELLIGENT KING! HE IS TRULY MISSED BY ME! GREAT INTERVIEW SWAY!
coolio is the man, the legend, a G, keeps it real, and nomatter what addiction, he's got his head right. props. respect. ty sway 4 bringin him over
that's real about when sway ask questions and they try to dodge it. That's one of the things that got me hooked on this show cuz sway is str8 forward and gone get it out of u if he can.
One of the best interviews yet. Respect
C U When U Get There is one of favourite tracks from Coolio, dope interview!
RIP Coolio - this was another dope interview from memory too! Definitely going to revisit this.
I am so late but this was a great interview. He was very talented. And spoke some real shit at the end.
I'm 44 now... Just an average white guy from the UK but my introduction to Hip-Hop was Coolio- It takes a Thief.... Never looked back since... Thank you Coolio for the memories... RIP!!
@venilt1107
Жыл бұрын
Same age,, Great album! 👍🏽
This dude! I didn't know he could flow like that. Nice!
52 yrs young and got some skill still!!...black is truly beautiful
@brotherhood302
4 жыл бұрын
@Hugo mind your punk ass business that's what...
I really dig this interview, that's what's up sway, ain't no wack 90s rappers, coolio did real shit
Sway got the best interviews .. ! And coolio is the man!! got flow for weeks!
SWAY YOU ALWAYS BRING IT.... ANOTHER CLASSIC INTERVIEW
Sway always brings the best
man he spit str8 fire man this 1 of the best interviews I seen
I forgot how nice he was with the flow.
Let your wings soar into the skies, Coolio!
@sigmalaflare
Жыл бұрын
Yes! May he fly with the best 🕊️🕊️🕊️ A whole orchestra to sing with!!!
@imperialstats
Жыл бұрын
😔
Its funny when you see OG grammy winners freestyle like it aint nothing but these bubblegum rappers be fronting smh thats why music will never be as solid as it was in the 2000 and 90's
@FrankyGomez661
8 жыл бұрын
music in the 2000s was pretty trash for the most part
@brad7566
8 жыл бұрын
Nobody makes that shît up on the go. After he finished he said that was some of the new shît he's been writing
@micglou
8 жыл бұрын
+Brad Lamb No... he said that was some of his old shit and he didn't want to spit his new shit because they will steal his shit, right after that he goes into the rant that rappers sound alike to explain that comment.
@stxfdt1240
6 жыл бұрын
Danknugs661 Even lose yourself by Eminem also
Great talent this ''Gangstar's Paradise'' exponent! Rest on big Dude! Will miss u dearly for all the joy & happiness you brought to us your fans all around the world.
@sebastianamourarodrigues5774
Жыл бұрын
Sim
coolio westcoast legend
@OneWordWesley
9 жыл бұрын
+Dat Naga always will be
Coolio!!! Someone need to give him a new deal. HE DOPE STILL
Damn this brings back some memories. I miss classic Nickelodeon
That freestyle tho! YESSS!!!! in his 50's killin it!!!
Love seein legends stay afloat nowadays! #ClassicS
Love his music. I saw this man live in his prime concert I'm a fan
"Run home and tell yo HomeBoys n HomeGirls it's time for Kenan & Kel".. Loved that he did the theme song for that show.. #Classic
Great azz interview with the OG he kept it real all the way through. Shout Out to Mc Big Dumb Dumb.
That freestyle was great! loved it
SWAY continues to serve the culture.
Without Gangsters Paradise there is No Dangerous Minds impact
@THEINFAMOUS1011
8 жыл бұрын
True. That movie wasn't THAT good actually. Lol
@blackmadonnaheirlove6189
7 жыл бұрын
THEINFAMOUS1011 it could've been MUCH better, but I woke up 2/22/2017 a.m. hearing the words to gangstas paradise... still don't know what that was abouttttttttttttttttttttttttttt????
That boy snapped on the freestyle
First time having to say that a legend is underrated
coolio got bars and got good tracks and storytelling in rhymes and conversation respect the ogs they got classic style that don't go out a fashion facts
We love you Coolio!!! Rest easy big homie 🙏🙏
I would like to see ppl like Sway n Heather B blow up heavy around the world..to be a huge force..
coolio brought that heat nigga still can spit 🔥🔥🔥 💯💯💯💯
yo the look heather b gave coolio when he was talking about cocaine was fuckin hilarious lol
golden voice and golden character - one of my favorit rappers
This was fireeeeeeeeeeeeeee ..Coolio needs to drop something ...
Freestyle was dat heat pepper...💥💥💥🔥🔥💯
what's the 2nd instrumental for Coolio's freestyle at 35:54 following "Da Rockwilder"?
love the faces sway and heather are pulling ... like "huh did he just say that"
Been listening to Coolio the last couple days 😀😀😀
Rest in power, Coolio. You were a legend.
I still remember Coolio on that sifi commercial with his dreads on a portable c.d player and the Janet Jackson song
35:04 ''My name ain't 50 cent, but I got plenty Cents, back slap your ass with the force, of 20 pimps'' Lol! Rip Coolio
dope interview triple double og
c u when u get there is really good track, big ups to coolio
@juniortim33
9 жыл бұрын
Great track
Coolio, not gonna lie you had lost me for a bit with some of the wierd shit back in the 2000's but I still rock witcha big homie! Gangstas Paradise was my favorite song for a long time and still ones of my all time favs. I cop'd ur first 3 albums man. Im also a huge Bone Thugs fan and love the track u did with Krayzie Bone...shit was dope! Stay positive man, your a hip hop legend and nothing can change that!!
heather b is the real..........coolio got the coolest hair do.... love it; that was fire coolio; enjoyed the your rapping
Man,u even came to Egypt,given one of ur greatest performances! Rminder:Patrisia Caas's no not coming!
great story much respect
Freestyle was crazyyyy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Man...I done got so much info from Coolio from watching this interview with him on sway in the morning! It's so funny to me that "Gangsta's Paradise" is the only song everybody knows from Coolio! I heard of Coolio growing up but I looked at him as like another Will Smith and thought he wasn't speaking on nothing in his music like that! Til I seen him on Black Jesus and man did he get old lol! I was curious to know about his music and I gave it a try! After listening to "It Takes a Thief, Gangta's Paradise" and "My Soul" album! Coolio had great music and I was wrong to just judge him! Coolio wasn't the gangsta type he might've talked about back when he was a thug but when he got outhere he never portrayed that side! He was from the streets but he was "Gangsta Friendly"! Coolio did look like someone that wasn't just outhere for fame he was humble! I respect him for not acting like a thug in his music being hard! He has a wonderful comical side of him that I never believe before! And he has a style more of a street poetry flow! He's definitely underrated and overshadowed by alot of music he made by just that one song "Gangsta's Paradise"! It's terrible how he's not mentioned in West Coast Hip Hop today! For me that's not my favorite song by Coolio! My favorites are I remember, Can O Corn, Geto Highlites, Smilin, Bright as the Sun, Devil is Dope, 2 Minutes and 21 Seconds of Funk, Nature of the Business and C U When you get There! After those three albums the rest of his shit for play play if you ask me! Most are recycled songs after his last 4 albums? He already done made his music he ain't gotta make no more! But hopefully his next album if he decides hopefully it'll be on some real emcee shit! I love Coolio he done went through alot of demons but thank God he's seeing more clearer and better! I wish he was my uncle! I'll be happy if Coolio let me hang with him for a day:)!
Im really happy he seems fine mentaly. A view years back i saw him at a german comeback music show and he looked bad flexed up to the max
Perfect
Coolio Gangstas Paradise Legendary !! Hall of fame joint.
A super fine freestyle set… Damn… impressive.
SIP Coolio 💫💥💝🎶
I'm UK and had It Takes A Thief since release.
Respect Collio telling the truth
I FREAKING LOVE COOLIO's MUSIC and PERSONALITY
Still hv flow he did that Mch Luv Coolio 😘still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥n 2016
This dude spent so much time with Tupac, blessed.
He was also in Ras-Kass Miami life video.
I got mad love for Coolio but he should have kept the hat on for the rest of the interview 🧢🤣🤣🤣!His hairstyle was throwing me off everything he was sayin😮.When he put the hat back on,I could focus on the interview 😂
im very surprised that no one was talking about when he took his hat off, in these comments lol......my comment is " I was waiting for him to take that hat off"
Coolio is the Dennis rodman of the rap game lmao 😂😂
@OneWordWesley
9 жыл бұрын
+juniortim33 lmao idk man, I think this generation young thug takes that spot
@casso9
8 жыл бұрын
+juniortim33 Yo honestly, that was the first thing that came to mind once I started watching this. I donno why tho lol
@User77384a
8 жыл бұрын
Young Thug
@jamaljewel1776
8 жыл бұрын
+One Word Wesley both ya'll tripping lol
@91Definite
8 жыл бұрын
+juniortim33 That's fucked up lmao! I'll say Coolio is more a of West Side Will Smith dawg
freestyle was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wearing Tygas Brand tho? Coolio is an OG, Sway can't get a word in, but I'm all for this dude getting money.
bruh so i thought i was the only one who couldnt get off while offa coke thats why i dont fuck wit it either mane i jus gained a lot of respect for this man whos honest and jus an inspiration to never give up keep it Coolio
what song is the 2nd beat from? havent heard that in a while
Huh thats funny I looked up "coolio interview" and the Music video from Gangsters Paradise just started playing
Only the REAL FOLKS know about him about in WC & the MAAD CIRCLE!!! and hellz yea LV one of the greatest singers ever!!!
do long interviews like this with regular artist
Great
what was that second instrumental @ 35:42 someone help
That was one of the coldest bars ever on Sway
LOOK AT THE WAY SWAY LOOKING AT HIM LIKE OHHHHHHHHJHHHHHH SHITTTT LOL.😎
I miss you bro! come to LA I would be first in line 🔥🔥🔥
Wow 26:40 really let me understand DMX a lot more.
Gangster paradise is top 5 hip hop single of all time ,,, salute coolio
I respect Sway he let Kanye know he drop them headphones and handle it also he does a great interview this is a great one Coolio glad to hear hes doing well