The L.A. County Coroner has determined that **** C's death was due to complications stemming from sleep apnea and an accidental **** of prescibed codeine.
Despite previous reports that **** C died of natural causes, according to TMZ, the Port Arthur rapper had a pre-existing sleeping disorder that made it hard for him to breathe. Combined with his codeine consumption, it proved to be deadly.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter explained **** C's death to the Houston Chronicle. "[With] sleep apnea, you stop breathing. Coupled with a medication that suppresses your respiratory abilities, you end up with an accidental death."
**** C (aka Chad Butler) who was one half of seminal Southern rap group UGK, along with Bun B, often rhymed about drinking "Sizzurp" - an illegal beverage whose main ingredient includes Codeine. In 2000, rap innovator DJ Screw, also died from a heart attack attributed to a codeine ****. Last year Houston rapper Big Moe, 33, also died of a heart attack which many believed to be connected to "Sizzurp."
**** C died on December 4 at only 33 years-old. He was found **** in his bed at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood.
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