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This is what killed 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio

FILE - Coolio appears at the 2015 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 25, 2015. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported Thursday.

The county agency also cited cardiomyopathy, a disease that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the body, as a "significant condition." Investigators also determined Coolio's severe asthma and cigarette smoking played a role in his death.

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