Sizzurp Killed Pimp C

The LA County Coroner’s Office has stated that the official cause of Pimp C’s death is a combo of drugs and sleep apnea.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Influential Southern rapper Pimp C died of an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs he had named in his lyrics — codeine and promethazine, the county coroner’s office ruled Monday.
The drugs are key ingredients in “syrup,” a narcotic of choice in Southern rap circles that was most famously celebrated by Three 6 Mafia and Pimp C’s group Underground Kingz in the 2000 single “Sippin’ on some Syrup.”
The coroner’s office said Pimp C had sleep apnea, which causes people to stop breathing for up to 30 seconds at a time while sleeping. That illness combined with large amounts of prescription-strength cough syrup is what killed the rapper, coroner’s Capt. Ed Winter said. (Source)

It’s a shame that a seemingly healthy young man had to die like this. When are people going to realize that the dope WILL kill you? Sure smoking, booze, sex, walking down the street…all those things will kill you too but the dope will do it faster. So senseless.