LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who had hit albums in his childhood and teenage years, was discovered useless Saturday at his dwelling in Southern California. He was 34.
Representatives for Carter’s household confirmed the singer’s dying. They didn't present any quick additional remark.
Carter, the youthful brother of Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, carried out as a gap act for Britney Spears in addition to his brother’s boy band, and appeared on the household’s actuality sequence “Home of Carters” that aired on E! Leisure Tv.
Deputies responded round 11 a.m. Saturday following experiences of a medical emergency on the dwelling within the excessive desert metropolis of Lancaster, mentioned Deputy Alejandra Parra with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.
Parra mentioned the deputies discovered a deceased particular person on the residence, however she couldn't instantly affirm it was Carter.
Two regulation enforcement officers who requested to not be named informed the Los Angeles Occasions that Carter was discovered useless within the bathtub of his dwelling.
Aaron Carter rocketed to fame at age 9, opening for the Backstreet Boys tour and releasing a gold-selling self-titled debut album in 1997. He reached triple-platinum standing together with his sophomore album, 2000’s “Aaron’s Social gathering (Come Get It),” which produced hit singles together with the title track and “I Need Sweet.” His movies obtained common airplay on Disney and Nickelodeon.
Carter earned performing credit by his look on tv exhibits together with “Lizzie McGuire” and in musicals on and off Broadway (“Seussical” in 2001 and “The Fantasticks” in 2011).
In 2006, he starred alongside his brother Nick and their siblings B.J., Leslie and Angel Carter on the E! unscripted sequence “Home of Carters.” In 2009, he appeared on the ABC competitors present “Dancing with the Stars,” ending in fifth place with companion Karina Smirnoff.
Carter’s fifth and last studio album, “LØVË,” was launched in 2018.
Up to now 10 years, he was within the celeb information for a sequence of issues regarding his funds, well being, drug use and tumultous relationships. In 2013, he filed for chapter, saying he owed $1.3 million in again taxes. In 2019, he spoke publicly about his gaunt and unhealthy look — at 6 toes tall, he was reportedly 115 kilos — and shortly afterward went into drug rehab for at the least the fourth time.
He and Melanie Martin had a son, Prince, who will likely be a yr previous on Nov. 22. Greater than as soon as after the boy’s start, the couple introduced that they had cut up up, however in a press release Saturday to the press Martin recognized herself as Carter’s fiancee.