Coolio resurfaced last night in Shanghai at a club called BonBon. The Grammy award winning rapper that brought us such favorites as “Fantastic Voyage” and “Gangster’s Paradise” captivated a crowd of Shanghainese and expats with such phrases as:

• “I’m 44, but this ain’t your daddy’s stomach” (while lifting shirt to show abs)
• “If I was your boyfriend…. that wouldn’t be your boyfriend” (while pointing to my friend Rachel)
• “If I was your boyfriend, we would have mansions, jewelry, and Cadallacs…and you would pay for all a dat” (still pointing to Rachel)
• “Ya’ll ready to go back in time?” (before singing Fantastic Voyage)
• “Ain’t no party like a Shanghai party ’cause a Shanghai party don’t stop” (a genius improv line in his song 1,2,3,4)