Juice WRLD

Biography:

Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), popularly known as Juice WRLD, was an American rapper from Calumet Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Juice was first signed to Internet Money Records then subsequently signed to Interscope in March 2018. His main and closest producers were Nick Mira and Sidepce.

In an interview with Mass Appeal, WRLD explained how he came up with his stage name:

I had the haircut, like the ‘Juice’ cut Tupac had in the movie. I took it as trying to take over the world, and it being my world.

The rapper first gained major popularity from his 2017-released track “All Girls Are The Same,” which gained even more recognition when popular director Cole Bennett made a music video for it. He’s often compared to Post Malone for his similar sounding voice and style.

WRLD has said on an interview with No Jumper that his favorite artist is Chief Keef and his favorite album is Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak.

His debut studio album, Goodbye & Good Riddance was released in May 2018, featuring productions from Mira, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Cardo, Taz Taylor along with others. It was supported by five singles, garnering his biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit “Lucid Dreams”, as also “Lean wit Me” or “Armed and Dangerous”.

Juice’s second studio album, Death Race for Love, saw its daylight in March 2019, which became his first project to top the Billboard 200 chart, selling 165,000 equivalent album units by the first week. It featured two singles only, including “Robbery” along with the music video dropping on Valentine’s Day and a tropical-vibed “Hear Me Calling”.

On December 8, 2019, Higgins suffered a seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago. He was pronounced dead shortly after. He was set to release his highly-anticipated third studio album the same month, supported by its lead single, “Bandit” featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again.

Over a month after his tragic death, the rapper’s posthumous vocals have found their place on “Godzilla,” a D.A. Doman-produced the track from Music to Be Murdered By, the eleventh studio album by Juice’s lifelong idol, Eminem.