Live videos of Aaron Carter reposted following death

Live videos of Aaron Carter talking randomly and answering questions from the public have been reposted on 6 November following his death.

The American singer who soared to fame at the turn of the millennium with his hit album "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)," died on 5 November (6 November Manila time), TMZ said. He was 34.

The entertainment outlet reported Carter, younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, was found dead in his bathtub at his residence in Lancaster, California.

A police spokesperson told AFP that officers responded to Carter's home at 10:58 am and found a deceased body, but were not yet able to publicly identify the person.

Carter's manager did not immediately respond to an AFP query.

The artist, born 7 December 1987 in Tampa, Florida, began performing at age seven, releasing his debut album at age nine in 1997.

His sophomore effort, "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)" sold three million copies stateside, propelling him to teen heartthrob status. He became a regular on preteen Nickelodeon and Disney shows, including an appearance on the popular "Lizzie McGuire."

Carter toured with the boy band Backstreet Boys
— his elder brother Nick is a member — as well as with Britney Spears, and saw his next album, "Oh Aaron," go platinum.

As he aged, Carter's star began to fade, but he remained in the public eye, appearing on a number of reality shows and off-Broadway productions, and releasing some new music online.

But his personal life struggles became tabloid fodder, including apparent strife among the five Carter siblings and family fights over money.

In 2011, it was revealed Carter entered a treatment facility, telling his fans that "the main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human."

After leaving rehab, he began doing one-off shows, and later a Canadian tour. He released another album in 2018.

He filed a bankruptcy petition in 2013 over millions in debt, much of it tax-related. Carter also faced several run-ins with the law, primarily over possession charges and reckless driving.

In 2017, he began to discuss publicly his arrests and skinny appearance that fueled rumors of illness or illegal drug use.

He admitted himself to another treatment center due to prescription drug use aimed at anxiety and sleep issues, reporting improvement in 2018.

Earlier this year he told the Daily Mail he vowed to no longer be seen as a "train wreck."

"I am not how some people try to paint me," he told the news outlet. "If somebody wants to call me a train wreck, well I've been a train that's been wrecked multiple times and derailed by many different things." With a report from Pocholo Concepcion