West Coast rap staple Coolio has died at the age of 59.
The rapper’s longtime manager Jarez confirmed the news to TMZ, stating that Coolio was found on the bathroom floor of his friend’s house on the afternoon of September 28. He excused himself to go to the bathroom and after not returning for a while, his friend called out to him but received no response. He eventually managed to enter the bathroom where he found Coolio, and paramedics pronounced the artist dead when they were called to the Los Angeles house at 4 p.m.