Kehlani is among those mourning the loss of singer-rapper Lexii Alijai on New Year’s Day.
“My heart is BROKE,” tweeted Kehlani, who featured Alijai on her 2015 track “Jealous.”
“i’m heartbroken i’m angry i’m confused. i love you lexii. my baby was 21!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
She added: “You knew what you meant to me … you were so special bro. I seen you fight thru it all i seen u thug it out lex. imma miss you so bad. you was about to get everything you always talked about.”
Born Alexis Alijai Lynch in Minnesota, she is the granddaughter of funk singer Roger Troutman, who died in 1999 after being shot in a recording studio.
Alijai released three mixtapes in 2016 followed by the album Growing Pains.
A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.