Aaron Carter, singer, tv character and youthful brother of Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, died Saturday (Nov. 5). He was 34.
A consultant from his administration group cofirmed his dying to Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. No reason behind dying was given. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Division informed THR {that a} suspicious dying came about on the deal with of Carter’s residence however couldn’t affirm the identification.
Representatives for Carter’s brother didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Born in Tampa, Fla., on December 7, 1987, Carter received his begin opening for the Backstreet Boys on a 1997 tour, and his debut album, Aaron Carter, was launched later that yr, reaching gold standing.
His follow-up album, Aaron’s Get together (Come and Get It), was launched in September 2000. Aaron’s Get together peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and went triple platinum. It featured the singles “I Need Sweet” and two Billboard Sizzling 100 hits, “Aaron’s Get together (Come Get It)” (No. 35) and “That’s How I Beat Shaq” (No. 95). He supported the album as a gap act for Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears on the Oops!… I Did It Once more Tour.
Carter’s third album, Oh Aaron, went platinum in 2001, and he has launched two albums since then, most not too long ago Love in 2018.
He dabbled in performing, showing on reveals together with Lizzie McGuire, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and seventh Heaven and in such movies as Fats Albert (2004) and the Channing Tatum-starring Supercross (2005). Carter made his Broadway debut in 2001 as JoJo the Who in Seussical the Musical and later had a long term as a forged member of the off-Broadway manufacturing of The Fantasticks.
Carter additionally made loads of unscripted TV appearances, which included starring alongside Nick and their siblings B.J., Aaron, Leslie and Angel Carter on the E! collection Home of Carters in 2006. Leslie died of a drug overdose in January 2012 on the age of 25.
Amongst his different tv credit, he competed on the 2009 season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, ending in fifth place, and on the Meals Community cooking battle collection Rachael vs. Man: Celeb Cook dinner-Off in 2012.
Carter was a gossip-site fixture and recognized for headlines surrounding his private life, relationship again to his early years as a teen heartthrob. He welcomed son Prince with Melanie Martin in November 2021.
Over time, the star was open about his struggles with substance abuse, together with on a 2017 episode of The Docs. In September 2022, he stated he had checked into rehab for a fifth time in an effort to regain custody of his son. He had beforehand entered rehab again in 2017 following an arrest on suspicion of driving underneath the affect and marijuana costs.
Throughout an interview with podcast No Jumper that was posted to YouTube earlier this month, Carter stated he was grateful for all of his earlier success and remained longing for the longer term, though he wasn’t involved with reaching additional fame.
“I loved all of that, and I’m again to try this — that’s what I’m again to do,” Carter stated about focusing once more on his music. “I don’t actually care about [stardom] as a result of I’ve had so many ranges within the trade, and fame and fortune, and highs and lows — it’s like a curler coaster.… I’m a singer, a songwriter, a performer, and that is what I do, and I’m by no means going to surrender on it.”
Scott Feinberg contributed to this report. This text initially appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
