R&B singer and actress Tamar Braxton is currently in hospital after a 911 caller claimed she tried to commit suicide in a Los Angeles hotel...
We all know and love Tamar Braxton for her career as a singer and actress.
As a child, Tamar and her 5 siblings would sing in their church choir where their father worked as a pastor.
She and her sisters Toni, Traci, Towanda, and Trina, signed their first record deal with Arista Records in 1989.The sisters became known as The Braxtons...
And in 1990, they released their first single, "Good Life".Things didn't run smoothly for the girl band, however.
After Toni's departure from the group...
27 years of #ToniBraxton 🎶❤️🎼🎵 https://t.co/Byd4A29CEG— Adedolapo Mary (@Adedolapo Mary)1594651872.0
As the years passed, the sisters started to pursue their own solo careers...
The Braxtons officially parted ways in 1998, with Tamar going on to record her solo debut album, Ridiculous.She went on to release some iconic R&B tracks...
Including "Get None", that was produced by Jermaine "J.D." Dupri, "If You Don't Wanna Love Me", and "He Wasn't Man Enough."In 2011, Tamar, her sisters, and her mom signed a deal for their own reality show.
Braxton Family Values first aired in April 2011 and in December of that year, it was confirmed that Tamar and her husband Vincent would star in their own reality series centered on her solo career and their married life.The reality was, and continues to be, a huge success...
Up until today, the singer has continued to release more and more music...
And her most recent single, "Crazy Kind of Love" was a huge success.She is clearly a woman of many talents...
She is also a devoted mom...
Her son, Logan, was born in 2013 and it's clear how much this little boy means to the singer.But despite her happy family life, global following, and overall success...
It seems that the singer has been facing some of her own demons recently.A 911 call was placed at around 10 pm on Thursday in downtown L.A...
And concerns were sparked for someone staying at the Ritz Carlton hotel.That person in question was Tamar...
And according to TMZ, she was found unconscious in her hotel room by police officers.Her boyfriend, David Adefeso, told the police that she may have overdosed on pills and alcohol...
Tamar was rushed to the hospital...
This is such a worrying time for the singer...
Praying for & sending love to Tamar Braxton! This year is tooo muchhhhhh I can’t— Thicky Minaj (@Thicky Minaj)1594998725.0
Fans have been sending in messages of love for Tamar...
And it's clear that so many people are praying for her right now.It just goes to show how mental health illnesses are invisible...
And you can never truly know what is going on inside a person's head - regardless of how happy they may look.Tamar must have been feeling a considerable amount of pain...
My heart is hurting for Tamar Braxton this morning. Suicide or attempting suicide is never a joke. I pray that God… https://t.co/c4Bo4ob401— Nikita (@Nikita)1594998383.0
But as this Twitter user pointed out...
Depression is not a demon. It’s a life threatening mental illness. We need to wake tf up about mental illness an… https://t.co/9mzrJMFVee— miss girl (@miss girl)1594998196.0