Music star Oliver Tree dies in helicopter crash aged 32

BREAKING

The information was confirmed by the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro.

Reports say that the aircraft subsequently crashed into electric vehicle yard in the Recreio dos Bandeiran area of the city.

Six people are reported to have died in the crash with no survivors.

Oliver Tree. Credit: Getty.

Tree was born in California in 1993 as Oliver Tree Nickell and was best known for songs including 'Life Goes On', 'When I'm Down" and "Miss You".

He has over 10 million monthly listens on Spotify and around 20 million followers across his social media.

Tree was in Brazil as part of a world tour having only just released his fourth studio album this April.

The singer was famous for his catchy music which found virality on social media as well as his bowl cut hair.

Reports from CNN Brazil say that prominent Argentinian social media figure Gaspar Prim was also on board and died in the crash as well.