Following his loss of life in September at age 59, Coolio’s official reason for loss of life is fentanyl, Billboard can verify.
The household’s spokesperson Jarel Posey instructed TMZ, who first reported the information, that Coolio additionally had traces of heroin and methamphetamines in his system, and had a historical past of extreme bronchial asthma and cigarette smoking, which “performed a think about his loss of life and his physique’s incapability to battle again.”
The “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. was discovered lifeless on the lavatory ground at his buddy’s home on September 28, in line with preliminary experiences on the time of his loss of life. On the time, paramedics suspected that Coolio suffered a cardiac arrest.
Coolio positioned six hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100 songs chart, together with the No. 1 smash “Gangsta’s Paradise,” that includes L.V, from the movie Harmful Minds. The one spent three weeks atop the listing in 1995 and completed because the year-end No. 1 music on the Sizzling 100. It additionally dominated the Sizzling Rap Songs listing for 11 consecutive weeks. The monitor would go on to win the Billboard Music Award for single of the 12 months, and a Grammy Award for finest rap solo efficiency. In 2021, “Gangsta’s Paradise” ranked among the many 100 Biggest of All Time Sizzling 100 Songs.
In March, the primary single from the star’s posthumous album was launched. “TAG ‘You It,’” which options legendary West Coast MC Too $hort, previewed the full-length LP, LONG LIVE COOLIO, which doesn’t but have an official launch date.
In keeping with a press release asserting the undertaking, the primary single from rapper’s follow-up to 2009’s From the Backside 2 the Prime was produced by and likewise options the rapper’s longtime buddy DJ Wino.
