Save this article to read it later.

Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.

Chynna, an on-the-rise rapper from Philadelphia, died April 8 at 25, her family confirmed through managementtoPitchfork.

Article image

Her cause of death is unknown.

Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed, her family said in a statement.

A year before, she had also been discovered by Ford Models at a New Jersey Six Flags.

She would model for the agency for three years.

She released her first EP,Im Not Here.

Death was a theme throughout Chynnas music, and she openly spoke of struggling with opiate addiction.

I need music to die to (Music 2 Die 2also being the name of her 2017 EP).

A$AP Mobtweeteda simple tribute: REST EASY CHYNNA.

WE GON MISS U SIS.

WE GON MISS U SIS.

pic.twitter.com/xcFdnhs030

Tags: