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It is not often that an artist manages to completely blur the lines between internet meme, performance art, and chart-topping musician. But Oliver Tree was never interested in playing by the traditional rules of the music industry. Tragically, the genre-defying singer-songwriter and Santa Cruz native was one of six people killed when two helicopters collided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , on Sunday morning. He was 32 years old. According to reports from the Associated Press and CNN Brazil, the midair collision occurred during Tree’s South American tour. One of the helicopters tragically came down in the parking lot of a local car dealership. Among the other victims was the prominent Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim , widely known to his fans as Gaspi . Local authorities have already launched a comprehensive investigation into the cause of the crash. To understand the context of the accident, it helps to know that Rio de Janeiro boasts one of the largest urban helicopter fleets i...