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Rapper Coolio passed away on Wednesday at the age of 59.
The musician - famous for his hit song Gangsta's Paradise on the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film, Dangerous Minds - was visiting a friend on Wednesday afternoon when he was found dead according to TMZ.
Coolio was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor, with the paramedics - who were called to the scene around 4 PM - suspecting he suffered a cardiac arrest, according to the star's longtime manager, Jarez.
The publication reported that the EMTs pronounced Coolio dead on the scene. An official cause of death has not been determined.
Additionally, law enforcement sources shared with TMZ that 'no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found at the scene of Coolio's death' and that 'an autopsy and toxicology test will be used to determine an official cause of death.'