Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died from a fentanyl overdose, his supervisor stated on Thursday, six months after the musician was discovered lifeless at a pal’s dwelling in Los Angeles at age 59.
Born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., Coolio was greatest identified for his 1995 single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” from an album of the identical title.
That track, an enormous hit featured within the movie “Dangerous Minds,” received a Grammy Award for greatest rap solo efficiency the next 12 months.
Coolio’s supervisor, Jarez Posey, stated the rapper’s household had been knowledgeable on Thursday by the Los Angeles County Coroner‘s Office that the singer had died from a fentanyl overdose.
The coroner‘s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Reuters.
Posey stated the rapper‘s youngsters deliberate to honour their father in future documentary and movie initiatives.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1963, Coolio started performing as a part of the West Coast hip-hop scene after shifting to Compton, California.
He launched his debut album, “It Takes a Thief“, in 1994, scoring a Top Ten hit with the one “Lakeside.”
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