Rapper and social media influencer Braxton ‘Brax’ Baker died. She was 21. Baker’s mother, Letricia Loftin, confirmed the news with a heartfelt video shared to Instagram on Thursday morning.
No official cause of death has been publicly released.
Brax first found fame with the 2017 release of her music project, VERSE(atility), and amassed a hundreds of thousands of fans online.
‘Our Angel Has Ascended,’ Letricia captioned a video of Braxton through the years while Jhené Aiko’s song Ascension played in the background.
‘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.
‘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.
Letricia added that Brax was working on creating her brand to include fashion and ‘the work of Black queer revolutionary womxn.’
Braxton knew that God was working through her, she had “vessel” and “gifted” permanently placed on her body. She knew that her brilliance and art would be shared with the world in God’s timing. This is just the beginning, our whole beings are dedicated to sharing her sacred art with the world.
‘Braxton emphasized, “I’m just delivering God’s message, I’m here and it’s all beyond me. My purpose is way way far greater than me.”’
Essence first reported on her death and noted how Brax wanted to shape her career as a global artist.
‘My role is to create art straight from my heart,’ she told Svage magazine in 2018. ‘For I know that art will be pure, poetic, powerful, and healing. All I want to do is help the world heal. That’s when things will begin to shift.’