Chynna Rogers has died at the age of 25 from a suspected drug overdose, and many in the hip hop community have reacted to the shocking passing on Instagram and Twitter.
Rogers was a model and rapper who was mentored by the late A$AP Yams, born Steven Rodriguez, and she worked closely with A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg, Chris Brown, and Mac Miller.
The cause of death of the Brooklyn-based artist was not announced, in the brief statement put out by her manager, John Miller, who said: “I can regrettably confirm Chynna passed away. Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed”.”
Rogers’ management team at True Panther also issued a statement on her untimely death and it read: “Rest In Peace, Chynna. Heartbroken. All the love to those she left behind. Goodbye, angel.”
Rogers got her big break in the entertainment industry at a very young age. At the tender age of 14, she began a bourgeoning modeling career and landed a contract with Ford Models.
Her beauty and fierceness landed her shows at New York Fashion Week, a DKNY campaign, and appearances in fashion magazines, including Vogue and Elle.
The model eventually befriended A$AP Mob founder A$AP Yams, and he became her mentor and gave her the push she needed to launch a career in music.
Rogers spoke about meeting the music mogul: “I tweeted them pictures I took at the show. I wanted to A&R, and I was inspired by the way [A$AP Yams] went about molding Rocky’s career. I didn’t know the word ‘intern’ yet, but I was like, ‘Do you want someone to follow you around?”
In 2013, her track “Selfie,” went viral, followed by “Glen Coco,” and I’m Not Here. This Isn’t Happening, her first EP dropped two years later.
In 2016, her mixtape Ninety was released, and she used it to tackle a very private matter — her addictions.
She said in a past interview: “I realized I didn’t have control of the situation anymore the day that I didn’t even feel like getting high, and my body was like, ‘B****, you better get high before you start throwing up and acting like a fool. I didn’t want to be a statistic. I didn’t want to go out that way, and people be like: ‘I told you so,’ or glamorize [drugs] because I don’t feel like that.”
She added: “Ninety was very reflective of the time I had spent using. A lot of it was written at the darkest times of my opiate use. I saw sides of myself that I otherwise would have never seen. They’re not sides that are particularly good, but sides that you need to see to know what you’re capable of. After I put it out, I got hit up a lot by kids and even other artists and homies who originally didn’t feel comfortable admitting they were going through the same things.”
In January 2020, she dropped her last EP, in case i die first and took part in what ended up being her last tour.
