Rapper Juice Wrld performs on the 2019 Rolling Loud Music Pageant on Day 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 29, 2019 in Oakland, Cal
Rapper Juice Wrld performs on the 2019 Rolling Loud Music Pageant on Day 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 29, 2019 in Oakland, California.
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Rising Chicago-area rapper Jarad Anthony Higgins, recognized by his stage identify Juice WRLD, died Sunday morning, the Prepare dinner County Medical Examiner’s Workplace confirmed to NBC Information.
Higgins hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart earlier this yr with this studio album “Dying Race for Love.” The 21-year-old artist was signed to Interscope Information and was thought of at the forefront of the emo rap scene.
The reason for dying is unknown. Police say Higgins “suffered a medical emergency” early Sunday morning whereas at Halfway Airport in Chicago, NBC Chicago reports.
TMZ reported Higgins had a seizure after a flight from California, though this has not been independently verified by NBC Information.
The Chicago-area native launched a collaborative album in 2018 with Future earlier than releasing his debut file entitled “Goodbye & Good Riddance.”
The album title started trending on Twitter shortly after TMZ first reported the information of his dying.
Higgins as soon as rapped in regards to the quick lives of artists in his single “Legends,” the place he stated he did not need to be often known as a legend as a result of “all of the legends appear to die out.”
“We carry on dropping our legends to the merciless chilly world,” the…