Coolio Pleads Innocent in Airport Drug Bust
Fri., Apr. 3, 2009 12:17 PM PDT by Josh Grossberg
AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock
L.A. Superior is definitely not gangsta's paradise.
Just ask Coolio, who turned up in court today for arraignment on charges stemming from his March 6 drug bust at Los Angeles International Airport.
The 45-year-old rapper,born Artis Ivey Leon Jr., pleaded not guilty plea to one felony drug charge and misdemeanor counts of battery and possession of a smoking device, which authorities said was a crack pipe.
Coolio was busted after screeners allegedly found drugs in his luggage. The battery charge came after he supposedly a TSA official's arm.
He remains free on $10,000 bail and is due back in court for another hearing on April 20.
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