Reality TV
Coolio to appear on Celebrity Big Brother?
Published Monday, Dec 15 2008, 09:26 GMT | By David Balls
Rex Features
The 'Gangsta's Paradise' star has agreed to take part in the Channel 4 series which begins on January 2, according to AllHipHop.
The rapper, real name Artis Leon Ivey, Jr., is rumoured to be joining Patrick Moore, Verne Troyer, Mutya Buena and MP Lembit Opik for the sixth outing of the series.
Coolio rose to fame with the 1995 single 'Gangsta's Paradise', which appeared in the movie Dangerous Minds. He has since taken part in US reality TV programme Coolio's Rules, which follows him trying to balance his life as a single parent, musician and running a catering business.
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