Celebrity Justice
Coolio Busted for Crack

Posted Mar 6th 2009 2:40PM by TMZ Staff

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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