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Coolio Busted for Crack

TMZ has learned Coolio has just been arrested at LAX for possession of crack cocaine.

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We're told the rapper was going through a security screening to get to his Southwest Airlines flight when a screener found crack cocaine on his person.

Sources close to the situation tell us Coolio -- real name Artis Leon Ivey, Jr -- got physical with the screener at some point during the incident.

Coolio Launch PhotosCoolio posted $10,000 bail was released at 3:22 PM.

UPDATE -- It looks like Coolio was headed to Tulsa, Okla. to play a gig tonight at the Flytrap Music Hall. His co-headliners: Tone Loc and Shock G of The Digital Underground. Holy 90s!!!




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46. smoking it since the 90's and still alive?

Posted at 5:07PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Charles William

47. Sad Sad Sad,, as a former crack head myself,, people do not realize your judgment is seriously impaired when your on that stuff, and that is probably one of the greatest UNNDERSTATEMENTS of all time. I know everyone is making lots of jokes about this. I was tempted myself to make some smart ass comments. At the end of the day though,, there is absolutly nothing funny about drug addiction. Nothing at all

Posted at 5:11PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Have Baking Soda will Travel

48. not a shocker!!

Posted at 5:15PM on Mar 6th 2009 by stephanie

49. Coolio, I'm sure they sell crack in Tulsa, You really didn't need to traffic it...Dumb ass!

Posted at 5:18PM on Mar 6th 2009 by [][] ScOut W. [][]

50. So what? Clinton did coke in the white house and OD'd when he was gov. and was rushed to the hospital where Hil told the doctor if you ever say anything about this, you'll never practice medicine again.

Posted at 5:25PM on Mar 6th 2009 by chippy lippy

51. LOOKS LIKE COOLIO IS A FOOLIO AND A TOOLIO. THESE RAP LOSERS NEVER LEARN. NOW HE'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS OTHER CRACK WHEN HE'S IN THE
SLAMMER!

Posted at 5:43PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Sir Nigel Buttercrumpet

52. All those people smoke crack!

Posted at 5:46PM on Mar 6th 2009 by RaheemXavierTequilaWannaWannaWillie

53. This is why as a rich, and wise black man.
I hire white employees, preferably between the ages,
of 30 and 40 years of age.
So easy to find these days. There is a multitude
Of white college graduates, out there that are out of work.
They will do anything for 50 or 60 thousand a year, these days.
These whites, I pay to do my dirt.

I look at it this way, I am not just giving
a person employment, I am probably saving an entire household of
people.
Because we all know, how white men get, when they lose their jobs.
You know..... Like taking out their whole families
perhaps. And I don't mean, out to dinner.

Anyway, I make them wear nice suits, and ties.

WHILE I cleanly go through the security check points.
While they are right behind me, carrying all my illegal treats.
It works like a charm, every time.

Black people with money, have to learn how to use whites
for our own benefit's, just like they have used blacks, for hundreds of years,
to satisfy their own agendas.

So purchase, I mean employ yourself a white person, to do your dirty work for you.
Trust me, they come cheap these days...ARTOFWAR.

Posted at 5:51PM on Mar 6th 2009 by ARTOFWAR

54. Well, let me be the first to ask....Can I be in the movie? : /`````

Posted at 6:02PM on Mar 6th 2009 by TNTGraphixx

55. I knew in da eighties he was kibblin..come on g your in yo forties..should da stuck w/da 40's.pimp

Posted at 6:11PM on Mar 6th 2009 by liivealott

56. People who stole this country from the Indians: White
Child Molesters/Pedophiles: White
Meth & X Mfg: White
Cocaine Intro/Trafficking: White
Oklahoma City Bomber: White
Congress: White
Washington D.C.: White
California Mayor fighting for Gay Marriage: White
Gays & Lesbians: White
Teachers having affairs with their students: White
Man who shot Kennedy: White
Instigators of Wars: White
Man who brought this country to it's knee's GEORGE BUSH: White

Posted at 6:36PM on Mar 6th 2009 by To be continued....

57. what a shame, i remember dancing on a table at Prom 97' to 1..2...3...4

Posted at 8:11AM on Mar 7th 2009 by JR

58. Gee Tyrone Jefferson I hope you don' go a sire any trailer rats.
And that's Mr. ARTOFWAR to you, my moronic freind..;.. ARTOFWAR.

Posted at 6:47PM on Mar 6th 2009 by ARTOFWAR

59. another crack-head bite's the dust!

Posted at 6:48PM on Mar 6th 2009 by insidegal

60. Shows ta go that crack will fry your brain...If ya smoke that stuff, you won't even remember when it's on your person, and you'll get popped at the airport security station, or driving in your car, etc. Too bad, since I'm of the sentiment that most illegal drug usage is a pretty victimless crime, unless you're inclined to get violent or commit other crimes to support your unhealthy habits. (And not counting the mess in Columbia, with the poor having no choice but to participate in the drug wars...) Hope you can still afford this kinda nonsense, Coolio!

Posted at 7:05PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Zanne

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