DJ Paul confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a heart attack was the cause of death.
Three 6 Mafia Founding Member Dies at 40
Lord Infamous "passed away in his sleep from a heart attack," DJ Paul told THR.
Lord Infamous, a founding member of rap group Three 6 Mafia, died on Friday evening. He was 40. The artist, whose birth name was Ricky Dunigan, passed away during a visit at his mother's house in Memphis.
"He passed away in his sleep from a heart attack," his half-brother, Three 6 Mafia member DJ Paul, told The Hollywood Reporter by phone. "He said he was tired, he wanted to sleep. He sat down at the kitchen table, put his head in his arms to lay down ... to get some sleep."
His mother had left the house for several hours and when she returned she found the rapper dead at the table.