Aaron Carter Defends Michael Jackson: From Child Star to Tragic End

From Child Star to Heartbreak: Aaron Carter’s Untold Story

Aaron Carter, born Aaron Charles Carter on December 7, 1987, in Tampa, Florida, was an American singer and rapper who rose to fame as a child and teen pop star in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The younger brother of Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys, he began performing early, singing lead for a band called Dead End at age seven before making his solo debut at nine years old by opening for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin in 1997.

That performance led to a record contract, and he released his self-titled debut album later that year, which sold over a million copies. His breakthrough came with his second album, Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) in 2000, a triple-platinum success featuring catchy hits like the title track, “I Want Candy,” and “That’s How I Beat Shaq,” cementing his status as a beloved figure among preteen and teenage audiences during the height of the teen pop era.

Aaron Defends Michael Jackson

Aaron Carter’s repeated and emphatic defense of Michael Jackson against pedophilia accusations. In the the video clip, Carter passionately insists that Jackson “was not a pedo,” expresses deep gratitude and respect for him, and describes their friendship—including time spent at Neverland—while asserting that Jackson genuinely loved and protected children rather than harming them.

Aaron Carter’s Death

Aaron Carter tragically died on November 5, 2022, at the age of 34 in his home in Lancaster, California. He was found submerged and unresponsive in his bathtub by his housekeeper, who called 911 and attempted CPR before paramedics arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene around 11:14 a.m.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner later ruled his death an accident in April 2023, determining the cause as drowning due to the effects of difluoroethane (a compressed gas propellant commonly inhaled for euphoria) and alprazolam (the generic form of Xanax), which incapacitated him while in the water; this aligned with his well-documented struggles with substance abuse and mental health issues throughout his adult life.

Or was he drugged and killed?