Coolio: 'I've been shot at ten times'

Coolio has revealed that he has been shot at ten times and once "thought he was dead" when a bullet ricocheted off the ground and hit him in the ribs.

He told Tommy and Terry that he grew up in Los Angeles in the '80s where "the average black male wasn’t expected to live past 22 years old".

He described himself as being "22 years past his due date".

The rapper admitted that he had lived "in fear of his life" but had changed for his children. He said of his eldest son: "I changed his life, I did something for myself so he wouldn’t have to do that."

He went on to claim that the only reason he is still making records is because of the difference he makes to people's lives. "I had grown men that are ten, 12 years younger than me saying 'your music changed my life'," he told Terry.

"My voice has made a difference and that's the only reason I'm still making records."