Philadelphia model-turned-rapper Chynna Rogers died on Wednesday, her family said. But she always had goals of being in the music industry. "We need to make sure to give folks their flowers while they are here to see them. WE GON MISS U SIS. China (disambiguation), includes a list of people with the name China; Chyna Doll (disambiguation) This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name. Chynna Phillips Death Fact Check. Rest In Peace Beautiful pic.twitter.com/YXmOMxUMCO. If an internal link led … "Now I feel like I’ve been through enough s---. The cause was not immediately known, John Miller, her manager, said in an email on Wednesday night. They ultimately became friends. "Chynna deserved way more love," tweeted Dom McLennon, a member of Brockhampton. Minyvonne Burke is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. ", Rogers told the outlet that for a while she didn't feel like she deserved success because she "hadn’t gone through enough terrible stuff. “Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed,” the young rapper’s family said in a statement provided to PEOPLE. STREAM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINALS, TYLER PERRY AND CLASSIC HITS, Madea’s Farewell The Play - Virtual Museum. While her cause of death is currently unknown, Chynna previously opened up about struggling with an opiod addiction as her career started to take off, Pitchfork reports. 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Chynna Rogers in her music video for "mood" in 2019. Word of Chynna’s death stunned the hip-hop world, which has grappled with the loss of a number of young rappers, including Juice WRLD, who died of an accidental drug overdose in December at 21, and ASAP Yams, one of Chynna’s mentors, who died of accidental drug intoxication in 2015 at 26. Rapper and Ford model Chynna Rogers died in her Philadelphia home on April 8. MUSIC, "Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy...". During a 2018 interview with Pitchfork, Rogers opened up about her music career, her struggles with drug addiction and the death of her mother, which she said she refused to let derail her sobriety. At this time, her cause of death is unknown, he said. She was 25. "I can regrettably confirm Chynna passed away," said Miller, according to Pitchfork. "My mom would be really tight with me if I used her as an excuse to fall off," she said. © 2020 BET Interactive, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Entertainment Television LLC. Chynna, the hip-hop artist who first turned heads on the modeling runway and then with her talent as a rapper, died on Wednesday in her native Philadelphia. Her first EP, in case i die first, was released in December 2019. "It's just more reason to work and get this s--- done. While her cause of death is currently unknown, Chynna previously opened up about … Chynna is alive and kicking and is currently 52 years old. She was 25. The rapper, whose full name was Chynna Rogers, performed with ASAP Rocky’s hip-hop collective ASAP Mob. Trump's worst nightmare. "Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed.". She was 25. All rights reserved. Death was a recurring theme in Chynna’s music, including in her album, “in case i die first,” which was also the name of one of her tours. Chynna, Model-Turned-Hip-Hop Artist, Dies at 25, Instagram video that she shared on Tuesday. In 2017, Chynna’s mother, Wendy Payne, died at 51. Some of her earlier hit songs included 2013’s “Selfie” and 2014’s “Glen Coco.”. “I need music to die to.”. Chynna, the hip-hop artist who first turned heads on the modeling runway and then with her talent as a rapper, died on Wednesday in her native Philadelphia. “He probably felt cool that this little high school girl wanted to follow him around,” Chynna told The New York Times in 2015. This Isn't Happening" in 2015 and "music 2 die 2" in 2017. Music platforms like SoundCloud and Spotify have streamed Chynna’s songs millions of times. James Garrow, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, said Rogers died from an accidental drug overdose. He encouraged her to write her own rhymes, and she began releasing singles and performing with ASAP Mob, including at the South by Southwest music festival. She was 25 years old and her cause of death is accidental drug overdose.