Ananda Lewis, a preferred host from the MTV “veejay” period within the late ’90s … died on Wednesday after a prolonged breast most cancers battle.

The information was damaged by her sister Lakshmi on Fb, who celebrated the tip of Ananda’s struggling in an emotional publish.

Lakshmi tells TMZ Hip Hop … Ananda died from stage 4 breast most cancers at 11:35 AM on Wednesday whereas in hospice at her Los Angeles dwelling.

Lakshmi inform us she braved the prognosis for six years and even tried out some typical/some unconventional remedies … selecting her personal path.

We’re instructed her household has heard from a variety of celebs already who wish to converse on how Ananda influenced their careers and dealt with her interviews so nicely with them at her memorial, which will likely be in just a few weeks.

Lakshmi tells us Ananda’s 14-year-old son graduated center faculty at this time … a very bittersweet day.

In October 2024, Ananda revealed in an interview that her breast most cancers had escalated to Stage 4, after she beforehand declined to get a mastectomy for remedy.

Ananda hosted red-hot MTV applications similar to “TRL” and “Spring Break” earlier than happening to host her self-titled syndicated discuss present on daytime tv.

She continued to be a information correspondent for numerous broadcast networks and have become a spokesperson for the Humane Society.

Ananda was 52.