Photo: Aaron Carter and Melanie Martin | By Suzy Byrne, Yahoo Entertainment | Troubled former child star Aaron Carter, who soared to fame as a solo artist on the heels of his older brother Nick Carter’s success with the Backstreet Boys, has died at the age of 34, a representative for the singer has confirmed to Yahoo. A statement from his family and management will be released shortly.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirms to Yahoo that deputies responded to Carter’s home in Lancaster, Calif. on Saturday shortly after 11 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased body. Homicide is handling the investigation, which is standard procedure at this time.
TMZ broke the news, citing sources who claim the singer drowned [in his bathtub].
As the boy band dominated the charts in the mid-’90s, the adorable Aaron, who was still in the single digits age-wise, became the lead singer of his own group, the Dead End, at 7. However, he quickly struck out on his own at age 9, releasing a self-titled album in 1997. The same year, he made his first solo appearance opening for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin, covering The Jets song “Crush on You.”
With a focus on pop and rap, his second album 2000’s Aaron’s Party (Come Get It), sold over three million copies, his best-selling. It included the title track as well as “That’s How I Beat Shaq” and “Bounce.” Two more albums — 2001’s Oh Aaron, with his “I Want Candy” cover and Nick collaboration “Not Too Young, Not Too Old,” and 2002’s Another Earthquake! — quickly followed but didn’t sell as well. The latter was his last studio album — there were compilations in between — until 2018’s Love, a 16-year album drought.
As a child star, he was befriended by Michael Jackson, appearing on the King of Pop’s charity effort, “What More Can I Give,” a “We Are the World” sequel. Aaron remained a Jackson defender after the star died and child abuse accusations resurfaced.
During the gap between albums, Aaron focused on TV. Having already made cameos on Lizzie McGuire (eventually leading to a teen romance with star Hilary Duff) and All That, he then starred in episodes of 7th Heaven and appeared on 2006’s House of Carters, a reality show centered around his famous family, including siblings Nick, B.J., Leslie and Aaron’s twin sister Angel. On the show, he had a fistfight with his brother Nick. The reality series — an easy target — was parodied on Saturday Night Live with Andy Samberg portraying Aaron.
Aaron later appeared in 2014’s I Heart Nick Carter and competed in Dancing With the Stars in 2009, finishing in fifth place. A 2005 film he starred in, Popstar, went straight to video, and he had a brief run in Broadway’s Seussical.
However, Aaron was plagued by personal problems in the long gap between his albums. His parents, Jane and Robert Carter, sued his former manager, the disgraced and now deceased Lou Pearlman, in 2002 for failing to pay Aaron royalties. One year later, Aaron alleged that his momager Jane took more than $100,000 from his bank account without permission. And a decade later, in 2013, he filed for bankruptcy protection to shed more than $3.5 million in debt, resolving it the following year.
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Aaron Carter’s Ex-Fiancee Melanie Martin Breaks Silence After Singer’s Death
By Miranda Siwak, MSN | After Aaron Carter tragically died, ex-fiancée Melanie Martin has broken her silence on her loss.
“My baby,” the model, 30, captioned a Saturday, November 5, Instagram Story photo with the late rapper. “I can’t breathe.”
Less than one hour earlier, Martin uploaded a TikTok video of herself crying in her car, which was posted shortly after news of Carter’s death broke. He was 34.
“It is with deepest regret to report Aaron Carter was found unresponsive this a.m. in his home in Palmdale, California,” the late House of Carter alum’s rep told E! News in a statement. TMZ, who was first to break the news, reported that a 911 call was made earlier on Saturday.
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Photo: Aaron Carter and Melanie Martin (from Aaron’s Facebook page)