An L.A. judge issued a $10,000 bench warrant against Coolio Monday for failure to appear in court.

The 90's rapper was scheduled to replace Earl Simmons a.k.a. DMX in a mixed martial arts battle in December but as previously reported, that plan was scrapped after the fight was postponed indefinitely.
Now Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey, Jr., is wanted after skipping out on his court date for possession of a controlled substance.

Coolio was arrested in 2009 at LAX airport after police found him with crack cocaine.  Coolio pleaded guilty to the charge and has since been placed on probation. He was scheduled to appear in court Monday for an update hearing but was mysteriously absent.

According to TMZ, Coolio's lawyer placed several calls to the rapper but could not reach him.

Coolio's possible whereabouts have not been reported.

Coolio's MMA fight against Eric Martinez was postponed Saturday and according to the promoters of the event, X is to blame.

Thunder Promotions is already taking X to court for $1 million in damages and $6,000 for a deposit for cancelling the event. The CEO of Thunder Promotions, Rod Riccardi, has since released a statement denouncing the rapper and apologizing to angry fans saying,

“As CEO of Thunder Promotions LLC, I have endeavored to promote the highest quality of fight entertainment. Toward that goal, my company has resisted any and all efforts to participate in fights that were less than above board and legitimate. With this event, Thunder Promotions LLC had expended a great deal of time, effort and money promoting an event that was to be headlined by the rap personality DMX. When he decided to back out of the event due to our refusal to fix his fight, it left Thunder Promotions LLC with little time to promote an event with a replacement headliner….. With this lesson learned, I can assure everyone and all that Thunder Promotions LLC will continue with a vengeance and the public can anticipate future events that we will promote that will overshadow any promotion in the State of Alabama and elsewhere."

Coolio's fight has tentively been rescheduled to January 23.

As previously reported, the promotion company claims DMX's cancellation has caused them hundreds of thousands of dollars and is taking him to court for $1 million dollars. Before they dry out his pockets completely, the promoters are asking for a small amount they allege is past due.

Thunder Promotions filed court papers in November claiming that X did not pay back the $6,000 advance given to him for the event.  They are seeking their $6,000 advance along with the $1 million as initially requested.

Coolio is set to replace him in the fight.

And the bad idea of the year award goes to……..smh. This promotion company's not playing X.

After learning that the fight would not be rigged in his favor, X made the wise decision to not participate in the ‘would be' pummeling.

In a final attempt to salvage their client's dream, X's manager sent out an addendum to the event promoters asking them to agree to a fake bout saying:

“Event Promoter and Management agree that [DMX] is scheduled to win Boxing Challenge. All parties agree this event has been scheduled to occur only in fun and that the artist involved is not a professional boxer.”

The event promoters did not agree to the addendum however and have recruited a new victim to take his place.

The heat is officially off X as Coolio's stepping in to take over. That's right, Coolio.

Coolio will step in the ring to see how he fares against Martinez on December 12 in Jefferson, Alabama.

His match will not be fixed so be sure to prepare for the worst.

SMH. I hope his family has life insurance.