Social media influencer and up-and-coming music artist, Brax, has reportedly died, according to a post her mother made on Thursday. Brax was 21 years old.
Letricia Loftin, the mother of Brax, posted on Instagram, “Our angel, Braxton Blue.B Baker has ascended. At the time of her ascendance she laid in sacred form. There were no scratches there were no bruises, her internal and external being was completely pure. It was a spiritual release. God retrieved the angel He loaned us.”
Specifics of Brax’s death have not been released to the public. At the time of her death, Brax was working on two music projects, three different books and jumpstarting her own brand.
“Braxton was in spiritual retreat, carefully crafting and curating her art. She has since dedicated her art to humanity and healing, composing two albums and three novels. Most recently she was in the process of forming her brand merging her loves for fashion, and the work of Black queer revolutionary womxn.”
Brax, born Braxton Baker, dropped out of Clark Atlanta University after one semester to pursue her career in music. The rapper first went viral with the 2017 release of album VERSE(atility).
Standout song “Lil b—-” included the release of an official music video that Brax created, choreographed and directed on her own. It was a hit with fans and amassed the artist with a cult-like following.
“Braxton knew that God was working through her, she had ‘vessel’ and ‘gifted’ permanently placed on her body,” the statement from Loftin continued. “She knew that her brilliance and art would be shared with the world in God’s timing.”
