Aaron Carter has died at the age of 34, The Post can confirm.
“Aaron has passed,” Lori Graf, manager of Aaron’s older brother, Nick Carter, wrote in an email to The Post.
The child-star-turned-rapper was found dead Saturday at his home in California, TMZ reported.
Sources told the outlet Carter was discovered in his bathtub after a 911 call was made about a drowning.
A Los Angeles sheriff’s spokesperson told The Post that deputies responded to Carter’s residence at 10:58 a.m. local time and found a deceased person. A cause of death has not been announced.
“It is with great regret to confirm Aaron Carter was found unresponsive this a.m. in his home in Palmdale, CA,” Carter’s rep told Page Six on Saturday.
“The family has been notified and will be flying out to Los Angeles. Aaron worked very hard towards the end of his life in recovery, to be a good father and to make amends with his family.”
Carter was born on Dec. 7, 1987, in Florida. He started performing at a young age, even opening for the Backstreet Boys, Nick’s band, on their 1997 tour.
He released his self-titled debut album, which sold a million copies, that same year, shortly before he turned 10 years old. He went on to open for Britney Spears.
He rose to stardom in the late ’90s, selling millions of records with pop hits like “I’m All About You,” “I Want Candy,” and “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It).”
The pre-teen heartthrob became a regular on Nickelodeon and guest-starred on the Disney Channel.
In the peak of his fame in the early 2000s, Carter was in the middle of an infamous love triangle between teen sensations Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. He famously appeared on Duff’s popular Disney show, “Lizzie McGuire,” playing himself and giving the titular character her first kiss.
The two dated for about two years before he moved on to Lohan. He seem to bounce between the two girls for a time, making red-carpet appearances and headlines with both.
The two women continued to feud through the years long after both of them had ended things with Carter.
He starred on a brief reality show with his family, “House of Carters,” and competed on Season 9 of “Dancing with the Stars.”
In later years, Carter experienced personal troubles, including extreme weight loss and substance abuse problems. In July 2017, Carter was busted on DUI and marijuana charges in Georgia while in a car with his then-girlfriend, Madison Parker.
A judge dismissed the case last year, but he was placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to complete 40 hours of community service, attend DUI risk-reduction classes and subject himself to a drug and alcohol evaluation.
He was also directed to pay approximately $1,500 in court fees and fines.
A Las Vegas court, meanwhile, granted Nick Carter a one-year restraining order against Aaron in 2019. The decision came one day after their sister, Angel, was also granted a restraining order, in which Carter was told to surrender his firearms.
Their request came after Nick claimed that his brother confessed to harboring intentions of killing Nick‘s wife, Lauren, who was pregnant at the time, and their unborn child.
That same year, Carter revealed he became addicted to opioids after being prescribed oxycodone following a fight in which he broke his jaw.
In 2020, Carter made his adult cam show debut on CamSoda and performed what he described as “classy” naked musical performances.
“I’m going to hop on the piano and then do some other kinky stuff like hot wax and you know, just some stuff like that, you just have to sign up to see it,” he told Page Six at the time.
“I actually suffer from body dysmorphia so it’s kind of ironic that I’m comfortable doing that when I suffer from it,” he explained.
He was engaged to Melanie Martin. “My baby,” Martin captioned a Saturday Instagram Story photo with Carter. “I can’t breathe.”
The pair, who welcomed a son on Nov. 22, 2021, had an on- and off-again dysfunctional relationship.
Carter shared in September that he was voluntarily attending an outpatient rehab program in order to regain custody of Prince.
His final tweet was to Kanye West. “Yo Kanye let’s talk… man to man,” he posted Nov. 3.
Fellow stars took to Twitter on Saturday to say goodbye to Carter.
“Fame at a young age is often more a curse than a blessing and Surviving it is not easy. RIP Aaron Carter,” songwriter Diane Warren tweeted.
“No…. This @aaroncarter news is heartbreaking… this kid had such a spark. Known him for years and always really liked him, he was warm and really funny. Loved putting on a show and he was good at it. Ill find some pics of us and post more later… damn RIP budddd #aaroncarter,” singer-actor Tyler Hilton posted.
“Incredibly sad about the passing of Aaron Carter. My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family,” actress Christy Carlson Romano tweeted.
