A Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department spokesman confirmed Saturday afternoon to Reuters that sheriff’s deputies had found a deceased person at Carter’s residence, and that homicide investigators were on their way to the scene, but said he could not elaborate.
No criminal act was reportedly suspected in Carter’s death.
Carter, 34, released her debut album in 1997 when she was just 9 years old, becoming a child pop star who appeared frequently on Nickelodeon, according to TMZ Y The Hollywood Reporter. Later in her musical career she turned to rap and also acted in productions such as the Broadway show “Seussical”.
He dealt with addiction problems for years, sometimes sharing them publicly.
In a 2019 appearance on the celebrity wellness TV show “The Doctors,” he held a bag full of prescription drugs that he said he took after he was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, manic depression and anxiety.
Carter went to drug rehab centers multiple times, most recently earlier this year, in an effort to regain custody of her son, Prince, according to The Hollywood Reporter.