On January 22, over a month after his death, Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Juice WRLD’s death was caused by an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine. He had been transferred from Chicago Midway International Airport after suffering from a “medical emergency” upon landing in Chicago from California. on December 8 at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Juice WRLD was pronounced dead at around 3:15 a.m. Here’s what we actually know about Juice WRLD’s sudden death. After federal agents revealed they were searching his plane for contraband, sources are suggesting Juice WRLD took “several” Percocet pills to hide them from authorities, leading to his emergency. His untimely death has shaken music fans everywhere, but the details that have been revealed since are even more baffling.
Juice WRLD wasn’t just rising, he was skyrocketing. He collaborated with Travis Scott on Astroworld, contributed to the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack, and collaborated with BTS’s RM and Suga. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the biggest streaming hits of 2018. Born Jarad Anthony Higgins, the Chicago rapper was known for his hit “Lucid Dreams,” which peaked at No. On December 8, six days after his 21st birthday, rapper and singer Juice WRLD suffered an unknown medical emergency shortly after landing at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, and was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. He's had 10 songs reach gold status and also had success with 2018's WRLD on Drugs, a collaborative album with rapper-singer-producer Future.Photo: FilmMagic/FilmMagic for Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival It featured the hit All Girls Are the Same, which gained platinum status, alongside seven more platinum hits including Armed & Dangerous, Robbery, Fine China and Legends, which features the lyrics: "What's the 27 Club?/We ain't making it past 21." His debut album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, was a platinum success. When Juice WRLD's producer angrily claimed Sting took 85 per cent of the royalties for the song, the young rapper seemed to accept it, tweeting:Īfter building an audience on SoundCloud, he signed a reported $3 million deal with Interscope, the famed hip hop label behind Dr Dre, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. "I was very impressed by what he put on top of ," Sting said earlier this year. His hit Lucid Dreams, which heavily samples Sting's 1993 song Shape of My Heart, was a six-times platinum success and reached number two on the all-genre Hot 100 chart, staying in the top 10 for months and garnering 1.2 billion streams.įor nearly every track on Death Race For Love that follows the Lucid Dreams formula, there's another that strays from it, writes Al Newstead. I want to be there, and you don't have to overdose to not be there." "I have a lot going for me, I recognise it's a lot of big things, a lot of big looks. "I smoke weed, and every now and then I slip up and do something that's poor judgment," he said. Last year, he told The New York Times he used Xanax heavily in high school but had been trying to cut back. Like other artists in that burgeoning genre, Juice WRLD referenced prescription drug use in his songs. His work draws as much from traditional hip hop as it does from pop-punk bands like Panic! At The Disco. Along with artists like Lil Xan, Lil Peep - who died at 21 in 2017 - and Post Malone, his success fuelled the emo rap genre that had migrated from Soundcloud communities to the mainstream.
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