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Jarad Anthony Higgins † (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019 [aged 21]), better known onstage as Juice WRLD (formerly: JuicetheKidd), was an American musician famously known for hit track "Lucid Dreams" and for being labeled as "The Freestyle King". He passed away on December 8, 2019.

History

Jarad Anthony Higgins was born on December 2, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in the South Suburbs spending his childhood in Calumet Park. He then later moved to Homewood. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and his father left. Higgins' mother was very religious and conservative, and did not let him listen to hip hop. He was allowed to listen to rock and pop music and was introduced to artists including Billy Idol, Blink-182, Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, Megadeth and Panic! at the Disco through video games such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Guitar Hero.

Higgins did heavy drugs during his childhood and teens. He began drinking lean in sixth grade and using Percocet and Xanax in 2013. Higgins additionally smoked cigarettes before quitting in his last year of high school because of health issues.

Higgins developed as an artist in his first year of high school. His first track, "Forever", was released on SoundCloud in 2015 under the name JuicetheKidd. Higgins recorded most of his first tracks on a cellphone, uploading them to SoundCloud in his sophomore year.

He changed his name from JuicetheKidd, a name inspired by his affection for rapper Tupac Shakur's role in the film Juice, to Juice Wrld because he and his associates believed the change would benefit his career. Higgins revealed that the latter part of his stage name initially had no meaning but that he came to think it "represents taking over the world."

"Too Much Cash", Higgins' first track to be produced by frequent collaborator Nick Mira, was released in 2017. After joining the internet collective Internet Money, Higgins released his debut full-length EP, 9 9 9, on June 15, 2017, with the song "Lucid Dreams" breaking out and growing his following.

In mid-2017, he received attention from artists such as Waka Flocka Flame and Southside, as well as fellow Chicago artists G Herbo and Lil Bibby. Higgins soon signed with Lil Bibby's co-owned record label, Grade A Productions.

Death

On December 8, 2019, 6 days after his 21st birthday, Higgins collapsed from a suspected drug-induced seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago, after landing at Midway on a private jet from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.

Law enforcement officials later revealed that they found 70 lb of marijuana on the aircraft and said several members of Higgins' management team aboard the flight told them that Higgins had taken "several unknown pills", including allegedly swallowing multiple Percocet pills to hide them while police were on board the plane searching the luggage.

Chicago PD were told someone that Higgins had suffered a medical emergency at around 2:00 local time. Higgins was transported to the nearby Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at age 21. On January 22, 2020, it said he died from toxic levels of oxycodone and codeine.

Discography

Albums

• Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018)
• Death Race for Love (2019)
• Legends Never Die (2020)
• Fighting Demons (2021)
• The Party Never Ends (2024)

Mixtapes

• What Is Love? (2015)
• Wrld on Drugs (2018)

Extended Plays

• Juiced Up The EP (2016)
• Twilight Zone (2016)
• Affliction (2017)
• Heartbroken in Hollywood 9 9 9 (2017)
• JuiceWrld 9 9 9 (2017)
• BingeDrinkingMusic (2017)
• Nothings Different </3 (2017)
• Kill's Wrld (2018)
• Too Soon.. (2018)
• Up Next Session: Juice Wrld (2018)
• The Pre-Party (2024)

Singles

• Lucid Dreams (2017)
• All Girls Are The Same (2018)
• Lean Wit Me (2018)
• Wasted (2018)
• Legends (2018)
• Rich And Blind (2018)
• Fine China (2018)
• Armed and Dangerous (2018)
• Robbery (2019)
• Bandit (2019)
• Let Me Know (2019)
• Run (2019)
• Righteous (2020)
• Tell Me U Luv Me (2020)
• Life's a Mess (2020)
• Come and Go (2020)
• Wishing Well (2020)
• Smile (2020)
• No Me Ame (2020)
• Reminds Me of You (2020)
• Bad Boy (2021)
• Life's A Mess II (2021)
• Already Dead (2021)
• Wandered to L.A (2021)
• Cigarettes (2022)
• Bye Bye (2022)
• In My Head (2022)
• Face 2 Face (2022)
• The Light (2023)
• Lace It (2023)
• Lightyears (2024)
• AGATS 2 [Insecure] (2024)
• Celebrate (2024)
• Best Friend (2024)
• Empty Out Your Pockets (2024)

Filmography

• Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss (2021)
• Kids Are Growing Up: A Story About a Kid Named LAROI (2024)

Subscriber milestones

Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.

• 1 million subscribers: August 3, 2018
• 2 million subscribers: January 5, 2019
• 3 million subscribers: July 6, 2019
• 4 million subscribers: December 25, 2019
• 5 million subscribers: May 30, 2020
• 6 million subscribers: August 1, 2020
• 7 million subscribers: October 28, 2020
• 8 million subscribers: February 23, 2021
• 9 million subscribers: September 4, 2021
• 10 million subscribers: April 2, 2022
• 11 million subscribers: June 1, 2023
• 12 million subscribers: November 13, 2024

References

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