Chicago Rapper Fredo Santana Dies at 27

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Fredo Santana (born Derrick Coleman) dies at the young age of 27.

According to reports, Santana may have suffered from kidney failure leading to the Chicago rapper’s death. Last October, Santana was admitted to the emergency room after suffering from kidney and liver failure. This could have been due to his lean usage. He shared the information with fans on social media about his hospital experience.

Been in here since Friday doctor say a nigga had kidney failure an liver 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 nigga I wouldn’t wish this on my worse enemy

A post shared by A REAL LEGEND (@fredosantanassr) on Oct 12, 2017 at 10:52am PDT

Santana contemplated rehab in hopes to inspire others to slow down on their drug usage.

The rapper is survived by his 8-month old son, Legend.

Santana came into the spotlight with his cousin Chief Keef in the early 2010s. The two are known in Chicago’s Drill music scene. Santana dropped popular mixtapes such as Fredo Kruger, It’s a Scary Site and released his Trappin Ain’t Dead album.

Before his death, Santana was working on his second Walking Legend mixtape.

Walking Legend 2 is my favorite project an I only got 7 songs done so far …… can't wait to it's finished an complete

— FREDO SANTANA SSR (@FREDOSANTANA300) January 16, 2018