American different pop musician and web character Oliver Tree was one in every of six folks killed when the helicopter he was driving in collided with one other helicopter in Brazil.
The 32-year-old was on a world tour when the crash occurred over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. One of many helicopters then crashed into the dealership’s car parking zone, setting about 20 autos on fireplace.
Footage launched by Brazilian media confirmed a helicopter falling from the sky, with flames and thick smoke billowing from the crash web site.
Officers mentioned an investigation into the reason for the collision is at present underway.
Rio de Janeiro’s state army fireplace division mentioned they had been referred to as to the crash web site round 9 a.m. native time (12 p.m. Japan time).
Argentine content material creator Gaspar Prim Díaz, also called Gaspi, was additionally believed to have been on board one of many helicopters, in keeping with the Related Press.
Different passengers listed on the helicopter’s manifest had been Lucas Brito Chavez, Lucas Vignale and pilot Alexandre Souza. The crew record for the second plane solely lists pilot Charles Marcillac.
Tree – Born in Santa Cruz, California in 1993, Oliver Tree Nickel first rose to fame in 2016 after going viral on social media.
He was identified for his distinctive bowl-shaped haircut and hit songs resembling “Life Goes On,” “Miss You,” and “Alien Boy.”
Tree simply began their world tour, enjoying their newest present in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June sixth. The group was subsequent scheduled to carry out in Lisbon, Portugal on July 1st, adopted by Glasgow, Manchester and London in September.
YouTuber KSI, who collaborated with him on the observe “Voices,” paid an emotional tribute.
In a put up shared on X, Britain’s Received Expertise choose KSI mentioned: “I can not consider I truly should kind this. You are 32. It’s best to nonetheless be right here. You’ve got acquired a lot life left. A lot music to make. A lot content material to make.”
“You’re a legend and all the time will probably be. It nonetheless does not really feel actual. I really feel actually unhealthy. I really like you, brother.”
Jackass star Stephen O (actual title Stephen Glover) additionally paid tribute to the late singer on-line, sharing a photograph of the 2 collectively.
“I used to be extremely fortunate to be mates with Oliver Tree,” he wrote.
“He checked in on me usually and let me know he cared about how I used to be doing. He was really a beautiful particular person…I’ll miss him.”
Tree was nominated on the 2024 BRIT Awards for his track ‘Miss You’ together with German producer Robin Schulz.
In 2020, he broke the Guinness World Report by constructing the most important kick scooter with a top of 0.16 meters and a size of three.13 meters.
