Cookin' with Coolio

Cookin' with Coolio is a web-based cooking instruction program starring West Coast rapper Coolio. The show is an offshoot of the now cancelled Coolio's Rules. It appears on the web video network My Damn Channel.[1] and is produced by Dead Crow Pictures.[2] The show is also a promotion for a cookbook by Coolio of the same name.[3]

Cookin' with Coolio
Presented byCoolio
Country of originUnited States
Production
ProducerElan Gale
Release
Original networkMy Damn Channel
Original release02/14/2008

About the host
Main article: Coolio

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

Coolio often refers to himself as the "ghetto Martha Stewart" and the "black Rachael Ray." He started cooking when he was young. He learned to cook with simple ingredients as he lacked basic necessities to prepare elaborate dishes.[4]

References
  1. My Damn Channel. "Cookin' With Coolio". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. EveryJoe.com. "Cookin' With Coolio On Internet TV". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. Boston.com (18 November 2009). "Straight outta Coolio". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. Serious Eats. "The Ghetto Gourmet: Cookin' with Coolio". Retrieved 13 May 2012.


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