Grammy-winning singer Mandisa, who rose to fame on year five of “American Idol,” has died, her consultant claimed Friday. She was 47.
“We can validate that yesterday Mandisa was observed in her home deceased,” her agent explained in a assertion to NBC News. “At this time we do not know the trigger of dying or any even more details.”
“We check with for your prayers for her relatives and shut knit circle of friends all through this amazingly tough time,” the assertion concluded.
She was found useless in her Nashville household, in accordance to The Tennessean.
A submit on the artist’s Facebook page said early Friday: “Mandisa was a voice of encouragement and real truth to men and women experiencing life’s problems all all over the globe. She wrote this song for a expensive mate who experienced passed in 2017.”
“Her have terms say it very best. I’m already residence / You have obtained to lay it down / ‘cause Jesus retains me now— / And I am not on your own.”
The singer, whose complete name is Mandisa Lynn Hundley, shot to stardom following inserting ninth on “American Idol.” She went on to gain a Grammy for Very best Present-day Christian Tunes Album in 2014 for her album “Overcomer.”
Originally from Sacramento, California, Mandisa grew up singing in church and researched vocal functionality at American River University, and ongoing her scientific studies at Fisk College in Nashville, Tennessee, according to her report label artist bio. After higher education, she worked as a session and backup vocalists for artists including Shania Twain and Trisha Yearwood in advance of heading on “American Idol.”
In 2017, the singer explained to “Good Early morning America” that she fell into a deep despair in 2014 and pretty much took her own life next the dying of her near pal, Lakisha Mitchell, who experienced breast cancer.
“It obtained quite lousy — to the level exactly where if I experienced not gotten off that road I would not be sitting listed here currently,” Mandisa reported. “I was this near to listening to that voice that advised me, ‘You can be with Jesus correct now, Mandisa. All you have to do is take your lifetime.’”
“It just about transpired. But God is what I say. He saved my everyday living fairly practically,” she extra.
She discovered that in her darkish state, she resorted to psychological consuming and isolation.
“(Psychological eating) is what I have carried out my full lifestyle,” she explained. “After losing more than 120 pounds, which I talked about my first time right here, I received it all back again and 75 more. I sunk into the deepest melancholy of my lifetime just after Kisha died.”
She mentioned her buddies eventually intervened and she received assistance.
Mandisa experienced introduced six studio albums, the past being 2017’s “Out of the Dim.”
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