Rapper Chynna Rogers passes away suddenly at 25 years of age
Rapper and model Chynna Rogers has passed away suddenly at the age of 25, as confirmed by her manager.
‘I can regrettably confirm Chynna passed away,” Rogers’ manager John Miller said in an email statement to The Wrap.
He also passed along another statement from her family, which read, ‘Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed.’
R.I.P.: Rapper and model Chynna Rogers has passed away suddenly at the age of 25, as confirmed by her manager
While Miller would not comment on the rapper/model’s cause of death, he did confirm, ‘she passed away today.’
Rogers had battled with opioid addiction in the past, though there is no indication that had anything to do with her death at this time.
She was born in Philadelphia and started her career as a model, signing with Ford Models when she was just 14 years of age.
Today: While Miller would not comment on the rapper/model’s cause of death, he did confirm, ‘she passed away today’
Around the same time she started her modeling career, she became close with rapper A$AP Yams and the A$AP Mob.
She released her first single Selfie in 2014 and Glen Coco in 2014 through A$AP Ant and DJ Nick’s Marino Gang record label, which became viral hits on YouTube.
Chynna would then release EP’s entitled I’m Not Here in 2015, followed by Ninety in 2016.
Model turned rapper: Around the same time she started her modeling career, she became close with rapper A$AP Yams and the A$AP Mob
She also released Music 2 Die in 2017, inspired by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, followed by I’m Not Here and This Isn’t Happening in 2018.
The rapper said in a 2018 interview with Pitchfork that she released Ninety on her 22nd birthday, after achieving three months of sobriety.
‘It got to the point where I had to do something just to be able to get onstage and do my job. I didn’t like that,’ she said.
Release: She also released Music 2 Die in 2017, inspired by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, followed by I’m Not Here and This Isn’t Happening in 2018