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AARON CARTER BIOGRAPHY |
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Aaron Charles Carter (born December 7, 1987) is
an American pop rap singer. The brother of singer Nick Carter,
he came to fame as a pop singer in the late 1990s, establishing
himself as a "heartthrob" among teenage audiences during the
early 2000s. Carter, who has also launched an acting career, is
known for media reports regarding his personal life, including
his relationships with actresses Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan,
and his legal problems, some involving his mother.
Early life
Carter was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, where his parents
ran a home for senior citizens; the family was originally from
New York, where his brother, Nick, was born. His father, Robert
Gene Carter, has Jewish ancestry and his mother, Jane Elizabeth
Spaulding, is a Mayflower descendant of Welsh, Irish, German,
English and 1/4 Blackfoot ancestry.
Aside fron his older brother, Nick (best known as a member of
the Backstreet Boys), he also has three sisters: twin sister
Angel Carter (a model), Bobbie Jean Carter (recently arrested
for assault) , and Leslie Carter. He also has an older half-sister
named Ginger[1] from his father's first marriage. In June 2005,
he welcomed the birth of his half-brother, Kanden (from his
father's new marriage). He also has a younger step-sister,
Taelyn, by his father's new wife.
Music career
Carter's music consists of hip-hop and romantic ballads. He
plays several instruments, including drums, piano, guitar, and
saxophone; however, he normally does not perform as a member of
his band during concerts. Carter is a dancer who has done some
of his own choreography.
Carter began performing career at the age of seven, spending two
years as the lead singer of a local band, "Dead End", and making
his first solo appearance, singing a cover of The Jets' "Crush
On You", when opening for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin in March
1997. The performance was followed by a record contract, and in
the fall of 1997, he released his first single, "Crush On You."
His first full-length album was released on December 1, 1997.
The eponymous debut album achieved gold status in Norway, Spain,
Denmark, Canada, and Germany, and was released in the United
States on June 16, 1998. On May 18, 1998, Carter released the EP
"Let The Music Heal Your Soul". The record was a fund-raising
project that featured vocals by Carter, the Backstreet Boys, 'N
Sync, the Moffatts, and other artists (collectively referred to
as the "Bravo All-Stars" after the German youth magazine Bravo).
Carter's parents later filed a suit against his former manager,
Lou Pearlman, for failure to pay hundreds of thousands of
dollars in royalties on Carter's 1998 album, which was released
through Pearlman's label and production company, Trans
Continental. On March 13, 2003, Pearlman was declared in
contempt of court for ignoring a court order to produce
documents relating to royalty payments.
Carter on the cover of his second album Aaron's Party (Come Get
It), 2000Carter's vocals have been included on several
soundtracks, including a collaboration with musician Patrick
Kilcoyne on Pokémon: The First Movie (1999), Rugrats In Paris:
The Movie (2000), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and The Princess
Diaries (both 2001). His next album, Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
was released in the United States on September 26, 2000 under
the JIVE Label. The album achieved triple-platinum certification,
selling more than 1.5 million copies in the United States.] The
album was followed by a compilation of music videos (October 10,
2000) and a concert DVD (July 31, 2001). At the age of thirteen,
Carter recorded the album Oh, Aaron, which was released on
August 7, 2001 and featured his first duet recording with his
brother, Nick. Oh, Aaron was accompanied by a video/DVD of the
same name, which was released on March 26, 2002 and included
footage of his 2001 concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well
as music videos and interviews. Play Along Toys also created an
Aaron Carter action figure in conjunction with the album's
release.
Carter's next album, Another Earthquake, was released on
September 3, 2002, during the "Rock, Rap, and Retro" tour. The
album featured the patriotic-themed "America A. O." and the
ballad "Do You Remember". Carter's Most Requested Hits, a
collection including tracks from his last three albums as well
as a new single, "One Better", was released on November 3, 2003.
Carter's most recent CD single was "Saturday Night", which was
released on March 22, 2005 and promoted by Carter during his
summer 2005 "Remix Tour". The song was released by Trans
Continental label, with Lou Pearlman as executive producer. The
single was also featured in the soundtrack of the film Popstar,
in which Carter starred.
On March 21, 2006, Trans Continental filed a lawsuit against
Carter within the Los Angeles Superior Court, citing that Carter
allegedly reneged on a recording deal. Carter had signed the
contract on December 7, 2004, when he was seventeen and underage.
A year later, his attorney notified the record company that
Carter had the right to "cancel or void various agreements" that
were signed when he was a minor.
Acting career
Carter has become active as an actor, making guest appearances
on several television series, including Grand Strand (television
show), Lizzie McGuire, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and 7th Heaven.
In April of 2001, he made his Broadway debut, playing JoJo the
Who in Seussical the Musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Carter in his first lead role, Popstar, 2005Carter made his
feature film debut in a cameo in the 2004 comedy, Fat Albert.
His first lead role in a feature was in Popstar (2005), a direct-to-video
film that was based heavily on his own life as a performer. A
real-life motocross racer, Carter also appeared in 2005's
Supercross.
Carter and his siblings will star in a reality show, House Of
Carters, which is scheduled to premiere in October 2006 on E!.
The series will feature all five Carter siblings reuniting to
live in the same house.
Hobbies
Carter is active in sports, including water sports (surfing,
swimming, scuba diving, kayaking), soccer, golf, baseball,
football and motocross bike racing. He is also an avid
basketball player; he plays basketball with his tour mates, and
has been known to shoot baskets on stage during his concerts. He
partnered with athlete Shaquille O'Neal for the music video to "That's
How I Beat Shaq". In January 2005, he joined brother Nick in
Whittier, California and played a game with the Hollywood
Knights celebrity basketball team, raising money for local Los
Angeles schools.
In addition to sports, Carter enjoys working out. At the age of
fourteen, he took up weightlifting and boosted his body weight
from 120 lb to 140 lb. Carter, who often performs bare-armed or
shirtless, is also a gymnast, and frequently performs back flips,
handstands, and one-arm cartwheels in his concert appearances.
Carter is also a passionate advocate for the protection of the
Everglades habitat in his native Florida. At the age of fifteen,
he appeared in a U.S. Coast Guard video promoting the use of
life jackets among boaters and anglers.
Personal life
Carter has dated actresses Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan,
resulting in a high profile feud between the two. Carter was
thrown out of the house of wrestler Hulk Hogan, while there
trying to date Hogan's daughter, Brooke. Hogan has said that
Carter was "arrogant" and "disrespectful".
Carter's parents separated in March 2003 and later filed for
divorce. In December 2003, Carter filed for legal emancipation
from his mother, alleging she had taken more than $100,000 from
his bank account without his permission. Carter mentioned in a
20/20 interview that he was missing sums amounting to
$6,400,000. Carter and his mother resolved their differences the
following January, and the filing was withdrawn.
Since his parents' divorce, Carter has lived with his father in
Marathon, Florida.
Carter has several known tattoos, including a skull inside a sun
(a large tattoo centered on his upper back), a nautical star
with a "7" in the center of it on his right inner forearm, an
"A" on his right wrist and a "C" on his left wrist and a
Sagittarius sign on his inner left forearm. His most recent
tattoo, portraying an angel, was added to his tattoo collection
in January 2006 and is on his left lower arm.
Carter had his left ear pierced when he was younger, but let it
grow over because of an infection. He subsequently had both ears
pierced, and often wears large diamond studs in each ear.
In March 2005, the National Enquirer published photos showing
what appeared to be a shirtless Carter smoking marijuana from a
small bong. The photos accompany an article headlined "Aaron
Carter Drug Binge", and featured an interview claiming Carter
spends as much as $1,500 to $2,000 on drugs every month.
Carter's mother has also spoken out regarding his alleged drug
abuse, citing an incident in 2005 in which Carter, then
seventeen, tested positive for marijuana, opiates, and possibly
ecstasy. |
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