Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who started performing as a baby and had hit albums beginning in his teen years, was discovered lifeless Saturday at his residence in Southern California. He was 34.
Representatives for Carter’s household confirmed the singer’s dying. They didn’t present any fast 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. following studies of a medical emergency on the residence in 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.
Carter’s fiance, Melanie Martin, requested for privateness because the household grieves.
“We’re nonetheless within the strategy of accepting this unlucky actuality,” Martin mentioned in a press release Saturday. “Your ideas and prayers are significantly appreciated.”
Carter’s 2000 album, “Aaron’s Social gathering (Come Get It),” bought three million copies and produced hit singles together with the title track and “I Need Sweet. His movies obtained common airplay on Disney and Nickelodeon.
In 2009, Carter appeared on the ABC competitors present “Dancing with the Stars,” ending in fifth place with associate Karina Smirnoff.
Carter’s fifth and closing studio album, “LOVE,” was launched in 2018.
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