Last we heard of Coolio he was being arrested for crack-cocaine. Now, the “kitchen-pimp” is hitting us with recipes straight outta Compton with his A.C.P – that’s Assistant Chef Pimp – Jarez, who’s also his cousin. Yes, he’s calling himself the “ghetto Martha Steward, the black Rachel Ray”. The veteran rapper, Coolio, is cooking.

I bet you didn’t know he had a book, entitled “Cooking with Coolio – The Ghetto Gourmet”. His signature dish is fried chicken that will “literally put on tennis shoes and run the fuck into your mouth.”

He’s loving making his “Soul Rolls” so much he’s decided to sell the royalties to his entire back catalogue of songs to fund this new career and keep it going strong – which is absolutely fine by us because, have you seen his YouTube channel? It’s golden. Learn how to roll an egg roll “tight like a blunt” and cook “Karate Meat” that will “beat you up like a pigeon in prison.” Yup.

Now Coolio’s greatest hit, the Grammy-winning ‘Gangsta Paradise’, along with the rights to 122 of his other songs, will be auctioned off at the Royalty Exchange for between R1 million and R2 million. These songs reportedly pull in about R240k a year.

A high-five for Coolio for following his dreams and keeping us entertained.

[Source : Business Insider, Village Voice]