Ananda Lewis, a well-liked 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 top 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 residence.

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

We’re instructed her household has heard from plenty of celebs already who need to communicate on how Ananda influenced their careers and dealt with her interviews so effectively with them at her memorial, which will probably be in a number of weeks.

Lakshmi tells us Ananda’s 14-year-old son graduated center faculty in the present day … 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 therapy.

Ananda hosted red-hot MTV packages resembling “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 varied broadcast networks and have become a spokesperson for the Humane Society.

Ananda was 52.