Fentanyl claimed another one. I don't understand people messing with this stuff with reported death after death.
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Grammy-winning rapper Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at the age of 59 in 2022. It was unclear at the time what had claimed his life. His manager revealed this week that Coolio, like tens of thousands of other Americans, was slain by a fentanyl overdose.
Coolio's manager, Jarez Posey, said that the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office disclosed to the rapper's family Thursday that Coolio had died on Sept. 28, 2022, of a fentanyl overdose, reported Reuters.
The coroner's report obtained by Page Six indicated that police found three bags of drugs and drug-related paraphernalia on or near the dead rapper's body.
Officials also collected "a baggy with a brown powdery substance, foil with burn residue, a straw/tube, saline solution, a spoon with residue," along with some cannabis products.
According to the autopsy report, Coolio also allegedly had heroin and methamphetamine in his system.
His death was ruled accidental, with cardiomyopathy, asthma, and phencyclidine use cited as contributing factors.
Fentanyl is the leading killer of adults ages 18-45.
The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. increased by 30% between 2019 and 2020, representing a five-fold increase since 1999. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 2019 to 2020, opioid-involved death rates increased by 38% and synthetic opioid-involved death rates went up by 56%.