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Coolio performs at half time of a game between the Connecticut Sun and the Las Vegas Aces at Michelob Ultra Arena on May 31, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AFP)
The Grammy-winning musician, whose real name was Artis Leon Ive Jr., died in September 2022 at a friend’s home in Los Angeles.
US rapper Coolio, best known for the 1995 hit “Gangstaz Paradise”, died of an accidental fentanyl overdose last year, the Los Angeles County coroner said on Thursday.
The Grammy-winning musician, whose real name was Artis Leon Ive Jr., died in September 2022 at a friend’s home in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County coroner said that at the time of his death, aged 59, the rapper suffered from heart disease and asthma, and had recently taken phencyclidine, or PCP – a psychedelic drug that can cause severe mental or emotional disorders. Is. a report.
Coolio’s friend and longtime manager Jarez Posey told celebrity news website TMZ at the time that Coolio was found unresponsive in a friend’s bathroom and pronounced dead at the scene.
The rapper began his career in California in the late 1980s, but rose to global prominence in 1995 when he released “Gangsta’s Paradise” for the soundtrack to the film “Dangerous Minds.”
He was awarded Best Rap Solo Performance for the track at the following year’s Grammy Awards ceremony.
The song sold millions of copies worldwide, topped the pop charts in 16 countries, and became Billboard’s top song for 1995.
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