Lil Peep’s cause of death revealed to be accidental overdose of Fentanyl and Xanax
POP star Lil Peep accidentally overdosed on Fentanyl and Xanax while on his tour bus, a medical examiner’s report has concluded.
The 21-year-old, whose real name was Gustav Ahr, was widely believed to have died following a drug overdose after being found dead in Arizona on November 15.
The report, which was issued by the Pima County Medical Examiner, showed the young performer had no alcohol in his system.
A series of private messages between Lil Peep and a fan, Mariah Bons, 20, emerged after she allegedly boasted about getting the star “high af” on his tour bus hours before he died.
“GBC [Lil Peep] high af because of me and my friend lol,” one message from Bons read. “He passed the f**k out my brother called and I tried to get him to say hi to my brother but he wouldn’t wake up.”
Lil Peep's brother, Oskar Ahr, said he believed his sibling's death was an accident.
“We have heard there was some sort of substance he did not expect to be involved in the substance he was taking,” he told People last month.
“He thought he could take what he did, but he had been given something and he didn’t realise what it was.”
Lil Peep was one of the pioneers of “cloud rap”, a genre of music dominated by ambient beats and emotional lyrics battling tough topics such as drug abuse and suicide.
He made no secret about self-medicating to quell chronic depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.
The son of Harvard-educated parents, Lil Peep moved to LA to pursue his music career at age 17 and quickly built up a devoted fan base.
His best known song was Star Shopping.
On the day of his death, he wrote on Instagram: “When I die You’ll love me.”
Fentanyl is a prescription painkiller that gives relief from chronic diseases and is said to be 100 times more powerful than morphine.
The super-strength opiate has caused an addiction epidemic which is sweeping the US and has been linked to at least 60 deaths in the UK in eight-months.
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