ODB’s death appears to be an accident according to the official autopsy by the New York medical examiner. With a mix of cocaine and a prescription pain pill called Tramadol ODB also known as Russell Jones began to experience chest pains and later died. “He died as a result of intoxication by the combined effects of cocaine and Tramadol, a prescription painkiller but not a narcotic. The manner of death is an accident,” Ellen Borakove a spokesperson for the New York City medical examiner’s office said.
Tramadol is a synthetic opiate is usually prescribed to treat patients with severe pain. It is not known why he had the medicine in his system. It has been well documented that ODB had a history of drug abuse but after being released from prison he proclaimed to be drug free. At the time of his death ODB was said to have almost completed his Roc-a-Fella Records debut album that he had been working on for a year.
