Death of singer Simone Battle is ruled suicide

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The death of girl group singer Simone Battle has been ruled a suicide by hanging.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department said the cause of death was determined Sunday, two days after the 25-year-old singer was found dead in her West Hollywood home. No further details are being released.
Battle gained notoriety through performances on the television show "X Factor." Her five-member band - G.R.L., originally a reboot of the Pussycat Dolls - had been signed by mega-hit maker Dr. Luke.
The group was featured on rapper Pitbull's hit song "Wild Wild Love" earlier this year. Battle told The Associated Press in July that the collaboration gave the group a platform to launch its debut single, "Ugly Heart."

 Singer Simone Battle, who rose to fame on "The X Factor," was found dead in her Los Angeles home Saturday.

TMZ broke the story and reports that the 25-year-old's death was an apparent suicide.

CNN reports that Battle was a Los Angeles native who grew up singing in a church choir and studied music and songwriting at the University of Southern California.

Battle's music career started to take off after her run on "The X Factor" in 2011.

She then signed on as one-fifth of the pop group G.R.L., which is best known for its collaboration with Pit Pull on "Wild Wild Love."

G.R.L. was started by Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin as the next generation of her original group.

The group commemorated Battle on its Twitter account saying:

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