Fredo Santana’s cause of death has now been revealed. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Fredo’s death to be due to cardiovascular disease and epilepsy, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Fredo Santana passed away the night of Friday, Jan. 19 when he suffered a fatal seizure, TMZ reports.
Fredo’s girlfriend reportedly found his body on the floor of his Los Angeles home around 11:30 p.m. He was 27.
The medical examiner’s report lists idiopathic epilepsy as a contributig cause of death. Fredo was reportedly diagnosed with a seizure disorder eight months before his death, shortly after he quit the sedative Xanax.
Fredo was prescribed the antiepileptic drug Keppra for his seizures. Fredo experienced frequently seizure episodes every month.
Fredo had a light seizure in March 2017.
Fredo posted a photo of himself onto IG with a caption, reading, “When u working hard no sleep u get sleep deprived an have a light seizure.”
Fredo suffered a near fatal seizure in October 2017. The SSR boss’s day-one friend Gino Marley saved him just in time after he was found him shaking uncontrollably on the floor of his home.
Fredo wrote on Twitter, “Gino found me on da floor shaking bleeding out the mouth having a seizure s**t could a been the end.”
Fredo wrote he uses drugs to repress bad memories that haunt him.
He wrote, “I was running from my old life tryna get high didn’t want to face them demons.”
Fredo wanted to use his celebrity power to speak about drug addiction.
He wrote, “Hopefully I can be the face to sho n****s to slow down an we got out whole life ahead of us f**k being rock stars getting high. I got ptsd.”
Fredo admitted years of drug use led to him to developing kidney failure and liver failure.
Fredo’s October stay in the hospital had him take a stance against Lean consumption.
Fredo wanted to use his celebrity power to speak about drug addiction.
He wrote, “Hopefully I can be the face to sho n****s to slow down an we got out whole life ahead of us f**k being rock stars getting high. I got ptsd.”
Fredo got support from XXXTentacion who visited him in the hospital.
“My dog X done pulled up on me. Real n***a,” Fredo said.
Fredo revealed he was suffering from kidney failure and liver failure in his IG caption, writing, “Been in here since Friday. Doctor say a n***a kidney failure an live failure. I’m getting back to normal. Sorry to all my fans turbo bandana will not be dropping tomorrow due to my health issues. Thanks for everyone who prayed for a n***a. I wouldn’t wish this on my worse enemy.”
Fredo Santana appeared to be holding true to his word. His healthier stance caused him to lose a lot of weight. Fredo took to IG to show off his new physique, and put on emphasis on his anti-Lean stance.
“Hope y’all staying away from that Lean Ain’t no drank, man,” he said before lifting up his shirt to show his slimmed down stomach. “It’s about weed, man. Do it look like I be sipping Lean? I lost the Lean gut.”
Mozzy soon became the latest rapper to take an anti-lean stance.
“Shout out to everybody that’s been tapping in as far as a n***a slime addiction, sending positive vibes and all the ganster s**t,” he said. “We legitimate on my mama. It’s been like 10, 12 days or some s**t. It’s been hard to kick that s**t. We still bricked up though. I had a couple bricks in the closet.”
Mozzy called for his followers to kick the Lean habit as well.
“Any young n***a doing that s**t, this should influence you to stop. If it don’t, drink a lot of water at the minimum. …F— that cup,” Mozzy said while pouring an entire bottle of codeine-promethazine onto the ground of a local gas station. “They say health is wealth. I need my bag.”
Fredo Santana co-signed Mozzy’s stance against Lean.
Fredo wrote in Mozzy’s comment section, “I’m almost 60 days clean bro f**k dat lean s**t.”
