Rapper Coolio is planning to follow up the culinary success of his webisode series with an accompanying book.
The 44-year-old Compton-born rapper and star of Cookin' with Coolio has used his lyrical abilities to name his concoctions things like "Fork Steak and Heavenly Ghettalian Garlic Bread".
And like most rappers, his braggadocio has rubbed off, too. "I'm a gourmet chef," he says modestly. "I have my own YouTube channel for cooking. I do a lot of healthy fusion food - I do Black Italian - Blitalian, Black Asian - Blasian, Black English - Blenglish and I'm about to try Black Scottish - Blottish. I like traditional food and putting my own twist on it."
And you will soon be able to follow his "Blottish" recipes in your own kitchen, "Ghetto-booty Blottish Haggis", for instance. Actually, we made that up, but if you see it in the book, remember where you heard it first.
Talking to Digital Spy, Coolio also gave his verdict on his prospective competition, and having eaten at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, passed the following verdict:
"I ate in one of his restaurants and I was not impressed. I would take all his dishes and make them better," he said.
No stranger to chefs' whites, Coolio was quoted in Newsweek earlier this year claiming that he is trying to make "black food" healthier and more affordable.
When asked who his main competitor was, he responded: "I like Rachel Ray. I like Bobby Flay. I like all them cats. But they are not the Gourmet Ghetto, baby. My motto is, I cook better than your Shaka Zulu mama. And I wash my hands a lot."
