13 Facts About Fredo Santana

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Derrick Antonio Coleman, known professionally as Fredo Santana, was an American rapper.

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The older cousin of rapper Chief Keef, Santana began recording music in 2011, releasing a series of mixtapes throughout 2012 and 2013.

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Santana's second mixtape, Fredo Kruger, was released on February 28,2013, and featured production by 808 Mafia, Young Chop and Mike Will Made It, as well as guest appearances from Migos, Juelz Santana, Soulja Boy, Young Scooter, Fat Trel, Alley Boy, Lil Durk and Lil Reese among others.

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On September 24,2013, Fredo Santana made a cameo appearance in Drake's music video for "Hold On, We're Going Home", in which he portrayed a bad guy kidnapping Drake's "girlfriend".

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On February 27,2014, Fredo Santana announced that he and Keef were going to release a collaboration album Blood Thicker Than Water, which never came to fruition.

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Fredo Santana was the older cousin of Chicago rapper Chief Keef.

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Fredo Santana was a heavy user of drugs, at one point being addicted to Xanax and lean.

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Fredo Santana attributed his heavy drug use to trauma experienced during his childhood, admitting he had post-traumatic stress disorder and turned to drugs as a coping mechanism.

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Fredo Santana was hospitalized in March 2017 after having a seizure, which he blamed on a heavy workload and his poor sleep schedule.

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Fredo Santana was hospitalized in October 2017 after friend and fellow rapper Gino Marley found Fredo Santana mid-seizure on the floor of his house with blood coming from his mouth.

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Fredo Santana was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with both liver and kidney failure, with the main factors being his addiction to Xanax and lean.

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Fredo Santana expressed interest in going to rehab while in the hospital.

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Fredo Santana had a fatal seizure, and an autopsy revealed he had developed cardiovascular disease in addition to the previous conditions he had.