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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.
