Coolio’s manager claims rapper died from heart attack amid overdose speculations

Coolio’s manager has spoken out against claims the 59-year-old rapper died from a drug overdose.

A heart attack is believed to be what killed late rapper Coolio, as friends say he avoided drugs and alcohol amid overdose speculations.

The rapper, known around the globe for the 1995 hit Gangsta’s Paradise, died while visiting a friend in Los Angeles last Wednesday.

Coolio’s manager, Jarez, revealed to the Daily Mail he had been told the rap artist had died from a suspected heart attack while on a trip to Los Angeles to fix his passport ahead of shows scheduled in Germany.

A close friend of the 59-year-old rapper, Eric Yano, also told the publication Coolio had steered clear of drugs and alcohol in recent years, despite battling addictions in the past.

Coolio died from a heart attack according to his manager, Jarez. Picture: Getty Images

“He would never show up intoxicated or on a different planet like most people. I never saw him drinking. He’d usually have a glass of water,” Mr Yano said.

“A lot of people would ask to smoke a joint with him but he never smoked.”

Mr Yano said he was shocked at news, having only seen the hip-hop artist a few weeks before his death.

“When the news came yesterday about his passing, I was shocked. Was it something health related?” he said.

“But I was just with him a few weeks ago, and he seemed completely fine. No mention of any sort of heart condition or any medical condition.”

Fans had already begun to speculate the rapper died from an overdose due to his history of drug abuse and crack cocaine addiction.

Coolio was found dead in a friend’s bathroom floor and there were no drugs or drug paraphernalia found at the scene.

The official cause of death is yet to be revealed.

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