Juice Wrld

Juice WRLD
Juice Wrld performing in 2019
Born
Jarad Anthony Higgins

(1998-12-02)December 2, 1998
DiedDecember 8, 2019(2019-12-08) (aged 21)
Cause of deathAcute oxycodone and codeine intoxication
Resting placeBeverly Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois
EducationHomewood-Flossmoor High School
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Partners
  • Alexia Smith (2018)[1]
  • Ally Lotti (2018–2019)[2][a]
RelativesYoung Dolph (second cousin)
Musical career
Also known asJuiceTheKidd
OriginHomewood, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Years active2015–2019
Labels
Websitejuicewrld999.com

Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD), was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Throughout his career of four years, he was a leading figure in the emo rap and SoundCloud rap genres which garnered mainstream attention during the mid-to-late 2010s.[5][6] His stage name, which he stated represents "taking over the world", was derived from the crime thriller film Juice (1992).[7]

Higgins began his career as an independent artist in 2015 under the name JuicetheKidd and signed a recording contract with Grade A Productions and Interscope Records in 2017. He gained recognition with the diamond-certified single "Lucid Dreams", which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was included on his triple platinum debut album Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018), alongside the singles "All Girls Are the Same", "Lean wit Me", "Wasted", and "Armed and Dangerous", all of which charted on the Hot 100. He then collaborated with Future on the mixtape Wrld on Drugs (2018), and released his second album, Death Race for Love, in 2019; it contained the hit single "Robbery" and became Higgins' first number one debut on the US Billboard 200.

Higgins died of a drug overdose on December 8, 2019. His first posthumous album, Legends Never Die (2020), matched chart records for most successful posthumous debut and for most U.S. top-ten entries from one album, while the single "Come & Go" (with Marshmello) became Higgins' second song to reach number two on the Hot 100. His second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, was released in 2021 alongside the documentary film Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss and contained the US top 20 single "Already Dead".

  1. ^ "Starfire Is Juice Wrld's Ex-Girlfriend — And She's 'Not Okay' After The Rapper's Untimely Death". December 10, 2019. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "ally lotti's Instagram profile post". Instagram. November 4, 2018. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Brown, Preezy; Sadler, Armon (March 24, 2023). "Hit-Boy, 03 Greedo, Jae Skeese, Juice WRLD, Lola Brook, And More New Music Friday Rap Releases". Vibe. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "Up and Coming Emo Rapper From Chicago, Juice Wrld, Starts to Dominate Charts". NewRockStars. June 23, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  5. ^ * "Juice WRLD & Marshmello Rule Hot 100 Songwriters & Producers Charts". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "Juice WRLD, Lil Peep and XXXTentacion are symbols of a scene that trades off tragedy". December 13, 2019.
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