After being hired by MTV in 1997 as one of the new VJs, Lewis became the host of shows like “Total Request Live” and “Hot Zone,” where she interviewed rising and established talents for ...

MTV personality and former television talk show host Ananda Lewis, who hosted shows that included “Total Request Live” in the late ‘90s and BET’s “Teen Summit,” has died at the age of 52.

Ananda Lewis, who joined MTV as a VJ on shows like Total Request Live and Hot Zone in the late ‘90s, has died at 52 after a years-long battle with breast cancer, according to her sister.

Former television host Ananda Lewis has died, her sister Lakshmi Emory shared in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Lewis was 52. Lewis, who was known for her role as an MTV VJ and host of "Teen Summit ...

Ananda Lewis, one of MTV’s first video jockeys and a former host of “Total Request Live,” “Hot Zone,” and “The Ananda Lewis Show,” died on Wednesday of breast cancer. She was 52. Her ...

Lewis became well known in 1997 when she was hired to be one of MTV’s VJs, hosting shows like Total Request Live and Hot Zone. In 1999, The New York Times dubbed her “the hip-hop generation ...

The former MTV VJ and host has sadly passed away after a five-year battle with breast cancer.