Grammy Award winning rapper Coolio is set to star in a new reality show on the women’s cable network Oxygen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oxygen has ordered six half-hour episodes of Coolio & the Gang which will follow the 44 year-old MC as he raises six teenagers on his own, manages his career and launches a clothing line. “Coolio is a single dad raising kids, and it’s got a lot of unconventional parenting aspects to it,” said Debbie Beece, Vice President of programming and marketing at Oxygen. “He wants his kids to do as he says, not as he does.” The Compton, California based MC gained widespread notoriety in 1995 when his song “Gangster’s Paradise,” recorded for the film Dangerous Minds, earned him a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.
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October 30th, 2007
at 10:49 am
TonyBee says:
This will be better than the rock of love shit.
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October 30th, 2007
at 11:06 am
Kenny says:
Wow, Coolio on Oxygen how queer?
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October 30th, 2007
at 11:24 am
brebre says:
HOW LOW HE CAN GO…
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October 30th, 2007
at 1:21 pm
Latino Heat says:
Wow. its official xxl has nothing else to report on. it must be a slow ass day. who cares about el cool magnifico. (thats not a joke, he really released a album under that name.)
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October 30th, 2007
at 1:40 pm
DURTY says:
MAN 4 THE LOVE MONEY GOTDAMMIT
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October 30th, 2007
at 3:10 pm
Sir Wil says:
I’m glad to see another rap artist getting an opportunity to make money but I must admit, it’s a surprise. I never would’ve guessed a hip hop hater like Oprah would put a show with a rapper on her network. First she won’t let rappers on her show even though she’ll have the people who work with them (like the cast of black&white but not Ice Cube), and now she has this on Oxygen. I guess that hipocrite doesn’t mind getting paid off of Hip Hop though. Sir Wil of myspace.com/wilpowermusicproductions.
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November 2nd, 2007
at 7:00 am
Coolio Reality Show | NewsToob says:
[...] not on VH1? Believe it or not, it’s on Oxygen and I do not know why. The show will be called “Coolio & the Gang” and it will follow the (former?) rapper as he raises six teenagers by himself, while he also [...]
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December 5th, 2007
at 1:31 pm
XXLmag.com | Hip-Hop On A Higher Level | » Coolio to Host Online Cooking Show says:
[...] In related news, the L.A. based MC is also preparing to kick off Coolio & the Gang, his new reality series that will air on the Oxygen cable network. var staf_confirmtext = ‘Mail sent’ #stafBlock { [...]
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