Rapper Coolio has died at the age of 59.
The musician, best known or his '90s hit Gangsta's Paradise, died on Wednesday from a suspected cardiac arrest, his manager has said. No official cause of death has yet been announced.
Coolio's longtime manager, Jarez, confirmed the star was visiting a friend who became concerned when he went to the bathroom and didn't return.
He told TMZ how Coolio became unresponsive to calls for him to return, leading the pal to check on the star. However, he was found laying on the floor.
Coolio - whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr - is said to have been pronounced dead at the scene after his friend had called emergency services.
The rapper burst onto the music scene in LA in the late 1980s, but it was his hit Gangsta's Paradise which made him an international star. The tune, which was recorded to be the soundtrack for Michelle Pfeiffer's hit film Dangerous Minds, went on to become his signature tune.
Other hits included Fantastic Voyage, 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New), and It's All the Way Live (Now).
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