Rapper Coolio Died from Accidental Fentanyl Overdose with Heart Disease and PCP Use Confirmed

Liam Cooper

Rapper Coolio had heart disease, asthma, and had taken the psychedelic drug PCP before his sudden death.

His longtime manager found him unresponsive in a friend’s bathroom and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Coolio shot to worldwide fame in 1995 with his hit ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’, which won the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance and topped charts in 16 countries.

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