Juice WRLD
Biography
Jarad Anthony Higgins (born December 2, 1998 and died December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice WRLD, was an American hip-hop artist from Chicago, Illinois. He was primarily known for his breakout hits, "All Girls Are The Same" and "Lucid Dreams"; both of which peaked at number #41 and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Afterwards, he released his debut studio album Goodbye and Good Riddance on May 23, 2018. The album enjoyed positive critical reception, debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, and featured one other single: "Lean Wit Me", alongside both "All Girls Are The Same" and "Lucid Dreams" being included. Goodbye and Good Riddance has since gone 5x Platinum and has been reissued several times, most notably to include the tracks "Armed and Dangerous" and "Wasted (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)" which both peaked at #67 and #44 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.
He would later collaborate with Future on the mixtape, ‘Future and Juice WRLD Present... WRLD ON DRUGS’, which was released later that year and peaked at number #2 on the Billboard 200. After this, Jarad also contributed to the soundtrack for ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)’ with the track "Hide".
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Juice WRLD announced his second album, Death Race for Love, which was released on March 8, 2019. It was preceded by the singles "Robbery" and "Hear Me Calling", with the former making its debut at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album would top the Billboard 200 chart, after which the music video for "Fast" was released on April 9, 2019. Later that year he collaborated with YoungBoy Never Broke Again on "Bandit (with YoungBoy Never Broke Again)", peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, while tragically being the last track to release before Jarads untimely passing.
Higgins started his musical career as being genre-wide ranging through rock, punk, R and B and rap music. Higgins stated that his biggest influences were rappers Chief Keef, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Kanye West, and British rock singer Billy Idol. His other influences included Wu-Tang Clan, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, 2Pac, Eminem, Kid Cudi, and Escape the Fate. Higgins music has been branded as "emo" and "rock" leaning, "genre-bending" with music focusing on having a "every broken heart, every wounded feeling."
On December 8, 2019, Higgins suffered a drug-induced seizure at Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois. According to the Chicago Police Department, Higgins was conscious and bleeding from the mouth when paramedics arrived on the scene. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he has pronounced dead shortly after. Higgins was 21. On December 22, 2019, the Cook County Medical Examiner stated that Higgins died as a result of toxic levels of oxycodone and codeine present in his system. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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