Lauren Bennett, a British singer who was featured on LMFAO\u2019s hit song \u201cParty Rock Anthem\u201d and a founding member of the girl group G.R.L., has died. She was 37.<\/p>\n
Her fellow G.R.L. members, Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula van Oppen, announced her death on Instagram Monday. Bennett\u2019s cause of death wasn\u2019t immediately available.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren,\u201d their statement read. \u201cOur hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us. We will forever cherish the love, laughter, and countless memories she gave us. Her beautiful spirit touched so many lives, and she will be deeply missed and forever loved. Rest peacefully, sweet Lauren. You will always be in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bennett started her music career when she appeared on the U.K. version of The X Factor\u2018s third series in 2006, though she was eliminated just before the live shows.<\/p>\n
The following year, she was recruited to join the girl group Paradiso Girls, started by Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin. Consisting of Bennett, Aria Crescendo, Kelly Beckett, Shar Mae Amor and Chelsea Korka, they released their debut single \u201cPatron Tequila\u201d in 2009 but disbanded in 2010.<\/p>\n
Bennett found more success when she was a featured guest, alongside GoonRock, on LMFAO\u2019s hit song \u201cParty Rock Anthem,\u201d which released in 2011. The track topped Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 chart, spending six weeks in the No. 1 spot.<\/p>\n
In 2012, she joined another group formed by Antin called G.R.L. (Girls Rock Life) that initially included Bennett, Estrada, Slayton, van Oppen and Simone Battle. Their song \u201cWild Wild Love\u201d with Pitbull also landed on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 chart in 2014. <\/p>\n
In September of that year, Battle died by suicide, leading to the group\u2019s disbandment in 2015. G.R.L. later reformed as a trio in 2016 with Bennett, Slayton and new member Jazzy Mejia, and has sporadically performed over the years.<\/p>\n
Some of the group\u2019s songs included \u201cVacation,\u201d \u201cUgly Heart\u201d and \u201cLighthouse,\u201d the latter of which was a tribute to Battle.<\/p>\n
Bennett also collaborated with CeeLo Green on his song \u201cLove Gun\u201d from his 2010 album, The Lady Killer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lauren Bennett, a British singer who was featured on LMFAO\u2019s hit song \u201cParty Rock Anthem\u201d and a founding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,10756],"class_list":["post-747718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}