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Aaron Carter, a popular vocalist who had hits successful the aboriginal 2000s and was the younger member of a Backstreet Boy, died Saturday, according to a connection from 1 of his representatives.
He was 34.
The connection from Roger Paul did not database a origin of death. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said detectives were investigating a study of a “suspicious death” astatine Carter’s location successful Lancaster, Calif., connected Saturday.
Carter, who struggled with addiction, had said helium was 5 years sober earlier this year. He was the member of Backstreet Boys vocalist Nick Carter. The singer-turned-actor-turned-rapper was known for his early 2000s hits “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” “I Want Candy” and “That’s How I Beat Shaq.”
He released his archetypal solo medium successful Europe connected Dec. 1, 1997, six days earlier helium turned 10 years old. The medium sold 1 cardinal copies astir the world, a awesome of his aboriginal ascent to stardom.
Carter’s 2nd album, released successful 2000 and titled “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and its rubric opus reached 35 connected the Billboard Hot 100 list. He was besides known for “I Want Candy” from that medium and “I’m All About You” from his 2001 album, “Oh Aaron.” His 2001 azygous “That’s How I Beat Shaq” included the titular NBA subordinate successful a video connected a park’s blacktop tribunal and featured preteens dancing on to the bubble gum popular hit.
He made respective appearances connected television, including successful an occurrence connected the archetypal play of “Lizzie McGuire” successful a Christmas-themed occurrence titled “Here Comes Aaron Carter.” In 2001, Carter debuted connected Broadway successful the formed of the philharmonic “Seussical.”
One of 5 siblings, Carter co-starred successful the family’s 2006 world tv show, “House of Carters.” The amusement followed the siblings arsenic they moved successful unneurotic and tried to enactment done their issues. It ended aft 1 play of 8 episodes.
In a connection Saturday, Paul said galore radical didn’t cognize however “tender-hearted” Carter was.
“He genuinely cared for others, and the emotion helium felt for those astir him was immeasurable; truthful overmuch so, that we judge it’s harmless to accidental its transcending timelines,” the connection said. “We tin inactive consciousness his beingness and warmth astir us.”
Carter is survived by his brother, Nick, and sisters Angel Carter and Bobbie Jean Carter. He besides has an babe lad named Prince, the Los Angeles Times reported past month. His sister Leslie Carter died successful 2012. His father, Robert Gene Carter, died successful 2017.
“We are inactive successful the process of accepting this unfortunate reality,” his fiance, Melanie Martin, said successful the connection to the Associated Press. “Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.”
Adam Grandmaison, big of the podcast “No Jumper," said successful a tweet that he’d heard the quality of the singer’s decease from a adjacent friend. Carter had appeared connected the podcast astatine slightest 3 times, astir precocious successful an occurrence published Wednesday.
“He was a bully feline contempt each the demons helium was battling,” Grandmaison wrote successful a tweet. “I’m bittersweet to spot him go.”
In 2013, Carter declared bankruptcy, the Tampa Bay Times reported, and a typical for the instrumentalist told the insubstantial that a bulk of his $2.2 cardinal indebtedness was from erstwhile helium was a insignificant and not successful power of his finances.
For years, Carter has been unfastened astir his struggles with intelligence wellness and cause addiction.
He gave interviews to the speech amusement “The Doctors” astir his dependency connected medicine drugs and addiction to huffing. In a 2019 interrogation connected the show, Carter said helium enactment himself connected a “regimen” to negociate his work, navigator his meals and acceptable up his location to person a family.
“So that I tin beryllium strong,” helium said of his plans successful the interview. “I tin accidental I’ve been done hellhole and back, and I’m back.”
In 2013, Carter was connected his “After Party” tour, which helium embarked connected aft a years-long hiatus successful euphony to rejuvenate his vocation and merchandise caller songs.
Asked what it was similar to execute successful 2014, portion helium was trying to reestablish himself connected the popular scene, Carter told The Washington Post: “People suffer their minds. It’s conscionable chill to amusement them that I’m that feline still.”
Avi Selk contributed to this report.
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