Ananda Lewis, a former MTV video jockey and TV show host, died at 52 after a long fight with breast cancer.

Lewis gained recognition on BET’s “Teen Summit” and hosted “The Ananda Lewis Show” in the early 2000s until being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019.

Her sister, Lakshmi Emory, shared the news of Lewis’ death on Facebook, adding, “[S]he’s free and in His heavenly arms.” Lord, rest her soul. Emory told TMZ that Lewis died on Wednesday morning from Stage 4 breast cancer while in hospice at her Los Angeles home.

Lewis grew up in San Diego before graduating from Howard University in 1995. She began her entertainment career as host of “Teen Summit,” where she explored teen concerns and interviewed then-First Lady Hillary Clinton.

In 1997, MTV hired her as a VJ, and she immediately became well-known for anchoring series like “Total Request Live” and “Hot Zone.” In 1999, the New York Times described her as “the hip-hop generation’s reigning It Girl.” She left the network in 2001 to host her own talk show and then served as a correspondent for the entertainment news show “The Insider.”

She confirmed her cancer diagnosis in a 2020 Instagram post, stating that she had not been receiving mammograms owing to radiation fears and encouraging her followers to keep up with their breast checks.

“This is tough for me, but if just ONE woman decides to get her mammogram after watching this, what I’m going through will be worth it,” she said.

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