Update: Pimp C Died From Cough Syrup, Sleep Apnea Says Coroner

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http://www.sixshot.com/news/9952/

Roughly two months after his demise, the Los Angeles coroner's office has ruled that UGK member Pimp C died from sleep apnea and an overdose of Promethazine/Codeine syrup.

Pimp C (born Chad Butler) was found dead in his room at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood, California on December 4th 2007.

According to My Fox Houston, Los Angeles County Asst. Chief Coroner Ed Winter said that Pimp C's death has been ruled as an accident.

Promethazine/Codeine is an over-the-counter drug that is celebrated by Houston rappers and often referred to as "Lean".

Winter also revealed that Pimp C's sleep apnea was a pre-existing health condition. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by repeated pauses in breathing during sleep.

Pimp C was only 33 years old and is survived by a wife and three children.
 
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caffeine said:
http://www.sixshot.com/news/9952/

Roughly two months after his demise, the Los Angeles coroner's office has ruled that UGK member Pimp C died from sleep apnea and an overdose of Promethazine/Codeine syrup.

Pimp C (born Chad Butler) was found dead in his room at the Mondrian Hotel in Hollywood, California on December 4th 2007.

According to My Fox Houston, Los Angeles County Asst. Chief Coroner Ed Winter said that Pimp C's death has been ruled as an accident.

Promethazine/Codeine is an over-the-counter drug that is celebrated by Houston rappers and often referred to as "Lean".

Winter also revealed that Pimp C's sleep apnea was a pre-existing health condition. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by repeated pauses in breathing during sleep.

Pimp C was only 33 years old and is survived by a wife and three children.
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its definitely not over the counter, who the fuck wrote this article? I wonder how much codeine he had
 
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LOS ANGELES - 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.
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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.

DJ Screw, another influential figure in the Texas hip-hop scene, died of a heart attack in 2000 after a reported overdose of codeine-laced cough syrup.

Pimp C, born Chad Butler, was 33 when he was found in his bed Dec. 4 at the upscale Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood. The coroner's office said his body was decomposing when it was found.

With partner-in-rhyme Bun B, Pimp C was half of the pioneering Port Arthur, Texas-based rap duo UGK. The group's self-titled CD topped the Billboard charts last year. Pimp C had been working on a solo effort before he died.

ITS TRU MAN....FROM THAT FUCKIN LEAN ,.SIZZZURP OR W.E!....WUT A DAM SHAME!....SENSELESS SHIT!....R.I.P!
 
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Im just gonna go ahead and say the lean was the cause for an even longer pause than normal in his breathing, causing him to suffocate. His nervous system probably couldn't react correctly cuz of the lean. Sleep apnea doesn't kill a whole lot of people (well, not nearly as many as you may think). Maybe if he was on yay that night he'd still be with us.
 
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