Culio

The self-titled title track from Gangsta's Paradise album, based on Steve Wonder ’s famous funk tune “ Pastime Paradise ” and containing borrowings from Psalm 23 , sounded in the movie “ Dangerous Thoughts ”, took first place in 13 countries, became the best-selling single of the year in the USA and was awarded a Grammy for best solo rap performance. It was the first rap track in history to take first place in the UK charts. The singles' extraordinary success was the first sign that gangster rap was gaining popularity outside the United States. Also, the song "Gangsta's Paradise" was used in the trailer for the game Need for Speed ​​(2015) and in the trailer for the movie "Sonic in the Cinema."

His father left the family when Culio was two years old, at the age of eight, he and his mother moved to Compton. One of four children, he had asthma, and from early childhood he learned to take care of himself. When he was a child, his mother called him "Boo", he even made a tattoo "Boo" in the eighth grade. He got his nickname while in Compton. When playing the guitar, a friend approached him and said: “Who do you think you are, Culio Iglesias?”, - so the nickname stuck. He visited the library, was well-read. He met his 18th birthday in prison, where he was imprisoned for ten months for theft. After graduation, he entered Compton Community College. By 1985, he was addicted to cocaine, went to the north in San Jose to his father, got a job in the California Department of Forestry in putting out fires in the mountains, where he spent 18 months. Upon his return, he was interrupted by casual earnings, including at Los Angeles International Airport. From a brain hemorrhage in 1987, his mother dies. Many have suggested that Culio was a member of the Los Angeles Corner Pocket Crips street gang, ^[1] however he was actually from Mona Park Compton Crips. ^[2]

Albums

• 1994 It Takes A Thief
• 1995 Gangsta's Paradise
• 1997 My Soul
• 2002 El Cool Magnifico
• 2006 The Return Of The Gangsta
• 2008 Steal Hear
• 2009 From The Bottom 2 The Top
• 2015 Hotel C

Singles

• 1993 County Line / Sticky Fingers
• 1994 Fantastic Voyage
• 1994 I Remember
• 1994 Mama, I'm In Love / It Takes A Thief
• 1995 Too Hot
• 1995 Gangsta's Paradise (feat. LV )
• 1996 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin 'New)
• 1996 It's All The Way Live (Now)
• 1996 The Winner
• 1996 All The Way Live (US, promo)
• 1996 Payback (feat. Montell Jordan)
• 1996 Keep It On The Red Light (feat. Ophélie Winter)
• 1996 Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem) (feat. B-Real , Busta Rhymes , LL Cool J , Method Man , Ice Cube )
• 1997 CU When U Get There
• 1997 Ooh La La
• 1997 Batman and Robin
• 2002 Coolio 2002 EP
• 2005 Slip Away (feat. Sicknature)
• 2005 Peepshow (feat. XSS)
• 2006 Gangsta Walk (feat. Snoop Dogg )
• 2007 Do It (feat. Goast)
• 2009 Lady (vs. Beat Nouveau feat. Storm Lee)
• 2009 Change (Moon Records)
• 2010 Gangsta's Paradise 2010 (vs. Rico Bernasconi)
• 2013 COOLIO - ESTRAGOS TRIFULKA - KRANEO - REBEL - THE GREEN TEAM

Clips

• 1994 I Remember
• 1995 Gangstas Paradise ( Universal )
• 1996 I'll CU When U Get There
• 1997 Oh La la
• 2006 Gangsta Walk (feat. Snoop Dogg )
• 2007 Do It (feat. Goast )
• 2009 Change ( Moon Records )

Since 1995, Culio began acting in films. Tee in Perfume, Dante Jackson in Daredevil . Also voiced by Kwanza-bot in the animated series Futurama . In 2000, Culio starred in a cameo role (cameo) in the movie Leprechaun 5: Neighbor . In 2000, he starred in the film Shanghai Connected (cameo). In 2002, he played the cameo role of the demon Lazarus in the television series Charmed (season 4, episode 15). In 2003, Culio appeared on an episode in the Celebrity Wife Swap USA reality show (season 2, episode 2), in which participants exchange wives. As a result of participation in this show, his girlfriend left the musician. In 2014, she starred as a cameo in the TV series Black Jesus (season 1, episode 9)

• Culio at the Internet Movie Database