Coolio death: Paramedics performed CPR for 45 minutes in bid to save rapper

Paramedics spent almost an hour trying to revive Coolio after he was found lying lifeless on the floor of a friend’s Los Angeles home on Wednesday (28 September).

EMTs rushed to the residence in the late afternoon after a friend discovered the 59-year-old rapper’s body inside a bathroom.

Crews performed CPR on the star for 45 minutes before he was pronounced dead.

It’s believed that Coolio died from cardiac arrest, according to the New York Post.

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