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Coolio's household is sharing what led to his death.
The "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper died owed to fentanyl, household spokesperson Jarel (Jarez) Posey told TMZ connected April 6. According to the rep, authorities informed Coolio's household that he besides had traces of heroin and methamphetamines successful his strategy astatine the time, and added that his asthma and cigaret usage were factors arsenic well.
Coolio, a begetter of six, died Sept. 28 astatine property 59 at a Los Angeles residence. His manager told NBC News aboriginal that day, "As acold arsenic what I cognize present is that helium was astatine a friend's location and was successful his bath and had a bosom attack."
A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson told E! News that paramedics responding to a study of a aesculapian exigency arrived astatine a location to find a antheral unresponsive and attempted to resuscitate him for 45 minutes. With consultation with a physician, the prima was past pronounced dead.
A rep for the Los Angeles Police Department besides said that the antheral appeared to person died of earthy causes and that determination were nary grounds of foul play. Coolio's individuality was aboriginal released by the coroner's office.
Many celebs paid tribute to Coolio aft quality of his death. Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred with the rapper successful a euphony video for his No. 1 azygous "Gangsta's Paradise" from the soundtrack to her 1995 film Dangerous Minds, wrote connected Instagram that she was "heartbroken to perceive of the passing of the talented creator @coolio." She added, "A beingness chopped wholly excessively short."
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Parody instrumentalist Weird Al Yankovic, whose 1996 parody of "Gangsta's Paradise," called "Amish Paradise," erstwhile drew disapproval from the rapper, shared a photo on Twitter of himself hugging the rapper. In his post, which went viral, helium wrote, "RIP Coolio."
Coolio, a autochthonal of Los Angeles, began his euphony vocation successful the precocious '80s and roseate to fame with the breakout azygous "Fantastic Voyage" from his 1994 debut solo medium It Takes a Thief. But it was his azygous "Gangsta's Paradise" that made him an planetary superstar, partially acknowledgment to the popularity of its euphony video, which aired connected dense rotation connected MTV and different euphony channels astir the world. The opus won the prima a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.
Coolio aboriginal released Gangsta's Paradise the medium with the azygous arsenic its pb track. The record, which was certified treble Platinum, besides contains the hits "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" and "Too Hot."
Coolio besides appeared connected world TV implicit the past 2 decades. In 2008, helium starred successful his ain series, Coolio's Rules. A twelvemonth later, he was a housemate connected play six of Celebrity Big Brother UK and aboriginal returned for Ultimate Big Brother. In 2012, helium competed connected the Food Network bid Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off. The pursuing year, helium and his then-girlfriend Mimi appeared on Wife Swap.
Amid his TV endeavors, Coolio continued his euphony career. In a July interrogation with the Irish Examiner, he revealed helium was moving connected a collaboration with Christy Dignam of the Irish stone set Aslan.
"It's astir apt going to beryllium a banger, I would imagine," the rapper told the newspaper. "I don't cognize if it's going to beryllium acheronian and heavy oregon if we're going to spell clubby and happy—that remains to beryllium seen. I'm much inclined with being acheronian and heavy and inactive being a banger."
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