Emo-rap artist Poorstacy has died at the age of 26.
The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner in Florida confirmed the news to TMZ, which reported that the musician had died at the weekend after being rushed from a hotel to a local hospital for a “medical emergency”.
A hotel employee in Boca Raton told the outlet that the performer had been staying at the property for 10 days and had “checked in with a woman and a toddler”.
Authorities have not yet released his cause of death.
The young rapper-singer, born Carlito Milfort, had built a devoted following and worked closely with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker on several tracks.
Of their three songs together, their 2020 track, Choose Life, off Stacy’s album The Breakfast Club was the biggest hit.
Before he became Poorstacy, the young rapper uploaded music online under several aliases, including Lito Xantana, Vizion and Scarybrats. He later adopted the stage name Poorstacy, inspired by skater Stacy Peralta.
“Stacy Peralta himself was not shown a lot of attention at the start, but he ended up being one of the biggest legends in skateboarding in the end,” he once explained to 360 magazine.
“I always loved the idea of that, of doing your own thing and having it pay off.”
