Coolio after he was found lying lifeless on the floor of a friend’s LA home on Wednesday. According to TMZ, paramedics rushed to the residence in the late afternoon after the pal discovered the 59-year-old star’s body inside a bathroom.
Crews spent 45 minutes performing CPR on the “Gangster’s Paradise” hitmaker before he was pronounced dead. Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., is suspected to have passed from a cardiac arrest.The rapper was based in Las Vegas, and had had traveled to LA to renew his passport, according to longtime manager, Jarez Posey.
Posey told TMZ that the star at been staying with the unidentified friend at his home in the downtown area for the past few days.
The friend claimed that Coolio went to the bathroom on Wednesday afternoon, but failed to return a short time later. After calling out to the rapper, he reportedly heard no response.
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