UPDATE
6:47 PM PT— Police sources inform TMZ no drugs or drug stuffs were discovered at the scene of Coolio &#x 2019; s death. An autopsy and toxicology test will be utilized to figure out a main cause of death.
UPDATE
6:24 PM PT— Police sources inform TMZ … paramedics were contacted us to a home in Los Angeles around 4 PM for a medical emergency situation and when they arrived they pronounced Coolio dead.
UPDATE
We’re informed cops have actually opened a death examination however since today there does not seem indications of nasty play. Our sources state the coroner will make a last decision following an autopsy.
Coolio passed away Wednesday in Los Angeles … TMZ has actually found out.
The rap artist who accomplished massive success in the 90s was going to a good friend late Wednesday afternoon when he died.
Coolio’s long time supervisor, Jarez, states Coolio went to the restroom at his buddy’s home, however when he didn’t come out after a while … the buddy kept requiring him, and ultimately entered and discovered Coolio laying on the flooring.
We’re informed the buddy called Emergency medical technicians, who showed up and pronounced Coolio dead on the scene– and Jarez informs us the paramedics believe he suffered heart attack. A main cause of death has actually not been identified.
Coolio, whose genuine name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., turned up on the L.A. rap scene in the late 80s, however exploded nationally in 1995 when he launched “Gangsta’s Paradise” for the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer movie, “Dangerous Minds.”
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The tune reached # 1 and remained there for 3 weeks.
While ‘Paradise’ became his signature hit, Coolio had a number of others … consisting of 1994’s “Fantastic Voyage”– which struck # 3 on Signboard’s Hot 100– along with “1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New)” and “It’s All the Way Live (Now).”
Coolio was 59.
RIP
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