Loane Nader 15:02 pm, April 07, 2023

The death of Coolio had moved the whole world on September 28, when the rapper was only 59 years old. He was discovered lifeless in his friend's bathroom in Los Angeles. On Thursday, the artist's manager revealed that it was an overdose on fentanyl, a particularly deadly drug in the United States.

He was only 59 years old when he died. The American rapper Coolio, emblem of Los Angeles rap, was found lifeless on the floor of the bathroom of one of his friends. The latter had hastened to call the rescuers, who performed a cardiac massage of nearly 45 minutes, without success. On Thursday, the artist's manager revealed the cause of death of his talent, a fentanyl overdose, after the publication of the autopsy report. This drug, a very powerful opioid painkiller, is particularly devastating in North America.

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Drugs and heart failure

Other drugs were also found in the analyses, such as phencyclidine (PCP), a hallucinogenic psychotropic drug. Coolio had a medical history, however, as he suffered from asthma and cardiomyopathy, a heart disease that can cause inadequacies and most likely played a role in his death.

According to manager Jarez Posey, Coolio's family had only been informed of the cause of his death very recently, by the report of the medical examiner handling the case. The title Gangsta's Paradise had propelled the rapper to international recognition and had earned him a Grammy award in 1995. The song was originally written for the soundtrack of the film Rebel Spirits with Michelle Pfeiffer which helped democratize rap alongside other musical genres.