Coolio interviewed by Minnesota Daily

​Interviews with musicians that are set up in a Q&A format can get a little tedious sometimes -- reporters tend to stick too close to the same sets of questions, and the musicians reply in turn with rote, rehearsed responses. But occasionally a music Q&A breaks the routine and brings us something fresh, as with this week's interview with Coolio conducted by the Minnesota Daily music editor Jay Boller.

Boller's interview with Coolio is all over the map -- they talk about cooking, they talk about pot, they talk about the evolution of rap and religion and family and life. It's a fascinating conversation, and it's worth reading all the way to the end. here's a snippet to whet your appetite:

Who's the best rapper of all time?

Don't know yet. Ask me that when I'm diagnosed with a terminal disease or I got six months to live, or whatever. Ask me that when I'm on death row.

In my waning years, when it gets to the point I know I'm gonna die, I'm gonna become a serial killer. I'm gonna be a serial killer before I die. I'm going to kill, like, rapists, [expletive] child molesters and [expletive] like that. That's gonna be my last job.

I gotta ask, are you [joking] around when you say that?

No I'm serious. I'm so serious. My worst enemy: if I saw someone [expletive] around with his kids, I'd kill him, too.

Read the whole interview on the Minnesota Daily's site.