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The rapper Coolio died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, documents from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office show.
Coolio died on Sept. 28, 2022, at a friend’s home in Los Angeles. The coroner’s report listed the primary cause of the 59-year-old’s death as the “effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine” and ruled his death “accidental.”
Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Ivey Jr., grew up in Compton, Calif. He started rapping at 15 and became one of hip-hop’s biggest names in the 1990s, with hits like the Grammy-winning, chart-topping “Gangsta’s Paradise” shooting him to the height of his popularity.
