Rapper Lil Peep, who came out as bisexual earlier this year has died.
Early reports that he died of a suspected overdose, he was just 21.
Lil Peep, real name, Gustav Åhr, who a well-known Youtuber who had accumulated millions of plays. His death was confirmed on social media by his manager Chase Oretega.
He said, “I’ve been expecting this call for a year. Mother f***”
In an interview with Pitchfork, the entertainer shared how music was his ‘channel’ for dealing with his issues surrounding mental health.
He said,
“I suffer from depression and some days I wake up and I’m like, F***, I wish I didn’t wake up. That was part of why I moved to California, trying to get away from the place that was doing that to me, and the people I was around. I realized it was just myself — it’s a chemical imbalance in my brain”.
In August the entertainer came out as bisexual on his Twitter feed saying “yes I’m bi sexual”.
The star had been active on his social media accounts up to 12 hours prior to his death.
Lil Peep, real name Gustav Åhr was born in New York, USA in 1996. He has released one album Come Over When You’re Sober (Part 1) and five EPS.His songs “White Wine”, “Benz Truck” and “The Way I See Things” have each gained over four million views on YouTube.
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