Interviews · 4 August 2019
Coolio The full interview
Coolio interviewed by Kevin Durham, 4 August 2019. 9m 15s on tape.
In this Coolio interview 2019 clip I interview Coolio on his career, his desire to run for VP in 2020 and him being denied entry by Singapore. Coolio is an American rapper, singer, actor, and record producer who rose to fame in the mid-1990s with his hit song "Gangsta's Paradise." He is known for his unique blend of rap and R&B, as well as his socially conscious lyrics and charismatic personality. This report aims to provide an overview of Coolio's career, including his early life, rise to fame, achievements, notable performances, and contributions to the music industry.
What's on the tape
A transcript, made by machine from the audio and tidied up. It gets names and the odd word wrong, so treat it as a way to find the bit you want rather than as a quotation. Every timestamp jumps to that moment in the video.
0:01 Coolio if you liked this interview of 90s rapper Coolio then please subscribe to my channel and leave me a comment below let me know your thoughts or give me a mark out of 10. What's this video great or was it a partner rubbish let me know your what was the thing that happened in quite recently I've read recently. That there was some trouble at Singapore they didn't like yeah they um I was denied entry we were trying to figure out why that was and they never told me why they never told you why chewing. Gum no um I have a theory okay. I don't know okay what's the theory Oh what theory is possibly of my past record. No got a few grand charges on my leg so I would have to assume that that's it that is it because I don't have any other choices.
0:55 On my record yeah charges. Carrying a concealed weapon okay yeah that we do it yeah there buddy a bit touchy on that but you know I can't carry a concealed. Weapon to sing Boris what yeah it wasn't chewing gum you know they gotta think about Trina right yeah. You can chew it in you can throw it in your home privately but you can't show them probably about they they don't want people don't. Want showing gum stains all over the sidewalks and streets. Gum rules are the same as our marijuana rules right then where is that but you can't you can't smoke it in public is that a thing I don't. Know no no I'm supposed. Absolutely I've smoked a lot of weed in your public yeah yeah smell it all the time where I'm from gin again yeah down the street whoof.
1:49 Reeks of it look I love the pretties tool sounds amazing is happening right now you're gonna be long sites and greats including for then iron salt. And pepper color bad and some other people now there's some other peoples of other people like who like yeah young MC for the world and Tony. Who's them what you have in your face so my told to lock hey look Oh get solo. And research copy it and so you have chance to meet these stories hang out hanging I've been knowing these guys for twenty years well you know what these guys we are friends. We were like family yeah and it'd be straight you mean do any of them have a bit of a an ego that you need to deal with or they all on the level absolute. They ain't gonna be if somebody couple people do yeah oh.
2:39 I can't tell you about that is it Ice Ice Baby is it yeah some little bit but she's no we still family so you know every. Family's not gonna be perfect uh-huh and I heard that you are a big fan of Donald Trump. You can't get enough of him there's of Trump over your walls on the ceiling Claire - yeah. Yeah tattoo this is herpes or bro absolutely.
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3:31 Now I've got that okay I'd like to play with you it's called trumpism or rap lyric so basically what I have is a few statements. Which have been made by Donald Trump or a famous rap artist. Is to see if you can wrap each statement in true Coolio fashion true Coolio style and then tell me if it was said by Trump. Or a famous rap artist. Just like with number one would you like me to take number one can you imagine what the outcry would be if stood our felon career. And all her anger fired again and Obama jail time jail time it's gotta be tropism chunk 1.2 you yeah riches homie Emma who the Carly. Donald Trump the type of homie to count my money while I smoke a blunt gotta be a rapper.
4:25 Any any ideas that's who is Jeezy featuring Birdman 2011 yeah go to trump. It has been well documented in various other parts of my body it's gotta be Trump because he's some only he would say something silly like that sure. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful I just start kissing him it's like a magnet just kissing and I don't even waiting and when you're a star. They they let you do it you can do anything just grab him about a [ __ ] about a [ __ ] you can do anything. Dump I mean Trump done.
5:15 Just take my [ __ ] picture so I can go downtown and pitch it and pitch a [ __ ] about the one that called me to spook. His name is Officer David Duke well that's gotta be a rapper and that's probably high school is cubo done yeah and he hasn't yet said anything. Like that David Duke yet yeah David dunk. Researching we went on to your Instagram when we saw a video and we're trying to figure out if it was an actual thing or not and we saw. Someone who is running to be President in 2012. 20 20 even 20 20 and I'm the vice president she's naming you as vice president yeah is that for real yeah did you really see it she sorry actually. Really sad then it really happened it really happened well definitely not okay definitely real thing you're running for vice president 2020 oh hey.
6:17 Bring it on bring it on and what'd you do man what's what you can listen if Trump can be President I can be vice versa. Damn right I can be Speaker of the House I could be star-lord its the Lords will get big stuff if Donald Trump gonna be the present. I could be the Incredible Hulk you could be have you ever done any pose you know like of course who has it yeah I do that I do that every. Night I have sex yeah ready miss this must be happy zoom. The winner do you know what you have girls just running out your bedroom very quickly panicked uh now that's my cousin yes you can yeah. Yes so let's say you get in what is his a porn name is deke Krueger deke Krueger is the actual porn artist no no but what he will.
7:11 He pull out their ads well like this snake in a in a pockets are we talking babies. My cousin yeah yeah but you see haven't smartest dog around here still small or okay so it runs in the family useful models around here smile or yeah. So I'm a lawman you're smart up did you have even measured you have you got a tape measure just come on no security she did she did yeah. It was only nine and a half oh yeah. Both ways they shouldn't you should be able to actually measure how would you measure a woman's a def meter. To kind of find you yeah fish finder fish finder.
8:07 Did I say that it's called a fishing what is that oh I don't know yeah some more the other yeah. Yeah okay that's a good line so you're a blonde right what can why are you thinking I'm. Went to the bottom and boot I sit up like a depth charts food. Give me some you saw Westside no sighs so I worldwide autumn time sitting on the side I'd love to know your thoughts on that video. So give me mark out of ten ten being great not being rubbish what do you think this video school leave me a comment in the comment.
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