Emergency medics 'frantically' tried to revive Coolio for 45 minutes

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TMZ reported that the 59-year-old rapper, known for his hit song 'Gangsta’s Paradise' was found unresponsive in a Los Angeles residence.Upon locating his body, emergency medical technicians administered CPR for 45 minutes before concluding their efforts futile.READ MORE: Gangsta's Paradise rapper Coolio dies aged 59 in his 'mate's bathroom'The rapper had been at a friend’s home in downtown LA on Wednesday and went to the bathroom sometime in the late afternoon, but didn’t return for “quite a while”.His friend, who hasn’t been named, reported that they became concerned and went to check up on him.After calling for him and getting no response, they went into the bathroom and found Coolio laying on the floor.They called the emergency services, with medics racing to the scene to find the rapper showing no signs of life.EMTs quickly responded, administering CPR for 45 minutes, before pronouncing him dead.The rapper’s manager spoke to TMZ, stating that he had travelled from his home in Las Vegas to LA in order to “get or renew his passport”, as he was due to travel to Germany this coming weekend, to perform at shows he had scheduled.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.His manager claimed there was an issue with Coolio getting his passport sorted in LA, so after a telephone conversation between the two, the rapper planned to travel to San Diego to try and get it sorted there.The manager also revealed he was preparing to join Coolio when he received the call that he had collapsed in the bathroom.It has been reported that police did not find evidence of drugs or paraphernalia in the bathroom, with Coolio’s manager reporting that the rapper died of a heart attack.The.