Philly Rapper Chynna Rogers Died Of An Accidental Drug Overdose, PDPH Says
Philly rapper Chynna Rogers, simply known as Chynna, died Wednesday (April 8), her family confirmed through her management. “Chynna was deeply loved and will be sorely missed,” the family wrote in a statement.
According to TheWrap, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health told them that the model and rising hip-hop artist died of an accidental drug overdose in her native city. She was 25.
Chynna Rogers began her career as a model, signing with Ford Models when she was 14. She found a mentor in A$AP Yams as a teenager, and her affiliation with the A$AP Mob ignited her efforts to build a career as a rapper.
Rogers was open about the opiate addiction with which she struggled in the wake of her music taking off, addressing her troubles on her 2016 mixtape Ninety. She released Ninety on her 22nd birthday that August, having accomplished three months of sobriety. She told Pitchfork in a 2018 Rising interview, “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.” Her final release was December’s in case i die first EP.
Rest in peace, Chynna.
