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US Rapper Dies After Suspected Drug Overdose

According to medical examiner.

A medical examiner has revealed the suspected cause of US rapper Lil Peep's death is a drug overdose. 

According to Pitchfork, the Pima County Office has stated that it will take six to eight weeks before toxicology results will help to definitively determine the cause of death.

The 21-year-old artist, real name Gustav Åhr, reportedly died in Tucson, Arizona, after being taken to hospital. 

Names such as Post Malone, Diplo and Charli XCX have paid tribute to Lil Peep following the news.