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Coolio’s cause of death is revealed

FILED - 09 February 2004, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: The singer Coolio ("Gangsta's Paradise"), photographed during his appearance as a participant in the TV show "Comeback - die große Chance" on Feb. 9, 2004, in a Cologne TV studio. At the time, the show on ProSieben gave new hope to ex-stars who had not yet been rediscovered. The contestants sang for the favor of the jury and the audience. The U.S. rapper Coolio, who became famous in the 1990s with the hit "Gangsta's Paradise," is dead. He died Wednesday afternoon (28.09.2022, local time) in Los Angeles, according to his manager, reported the channel "CNN". Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa Where: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany When: 09 Feb 2004 Credit: Jörg Carstensen/DPA/Cover Images **ONLY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE UK AND USA**

The American rapper Coolio died last year at the age of 59 years and the cause of his death was revealed.

Indeed, the artist’s manager said that the rapper died of an overdose of fentanyl.

The artist, who was known among others because of his very popular songs Gangsta’s Paradise and Fantastic Voyage, not only overdosed on this very powerful opioid, but traces of methamphetamine and heroin would have been discovered in his blood.

Other causes would have played in his death, such as the fact that he smoked, had asthma and had a cardiomyopathy.

In short, despite everything, his death would have been judged as accidental.

“The family of the deceased artist would have the intention to honor the memory of Coolio via documentaries and even a film,” according to his agent, reports the BBC.