Singer Aaron Carter, pictured in 2012 in New York Metropolis, has died at 34.

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Singer Aaron Carter, pictured in 2012 in New York Metropolis, has died at 34.

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The singer, rapper and actor Aaron Carter has died at age 34, his consultant confirmed to NPR.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division mentioned on Saturday that police have been investigating the suspicious loss of life at Carter’s house in Lancaster, Calif.

Carter’s fiancée, Melanie Martin, requested for privateness because the household grieves.

“We’re nonetheless within the technique of accepting this unlucky actuality,” Martin mentioned in a press release Saturday. “Your ideas and prayers are vastly appreciated.”

Carter had his first hit when he was simply 9 years previous, a canopy of The Jets’ Nineteen Eighties hit “Crush on You.”

Carter’s 2000 album, Aaron’s Get together (Come Get It), bought 3 million copies and produced hit singles together with the title music and “I Need Sweet.” His movies acquired common airplay on Disney and Nickelodeon.

The Florida native went on to tour along with his older brother Nick Carter’s band, the Backstreet Boys, launch 4 studio albums and seem on Dancing with the Stars.

His life was additionally riddled with controversy. Carter was arrested a number of instances on drug-related expenses, aired his household feuds on social media and accused his siblings of sexually abusing him.

Nick Carter mentioned in an Instagram publish on Sunday: “My coronary heart is damaged. Despite the fact that my brother and I’ve had a sophisticated relationship, my love for him has by no means ever pale.”

The elder Carter blamed “dependancy and psychological sickness” for his brother’s loss of life.

“I’ll miss my brother greater than anybody will ever know,” he wrote. “I really like you Chizz. Now you’ll be able to lastly have the peace you could possibly by no means discover right here on earth….I really like you child brother.”

Materials from The Related Press was included on this report.