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Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 ā€“ December 8, 2019), popularly known as Juice WRLD and originally JuiceTheKidd, 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 (who is now known as DT).

Juice WRLD currently has 93 RIAA Platinium Certificates.

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

I had the haircut, like the ā€˜Juiceā€™ cut Tupac had in the movie.

In an interview with BigBoyTV, Juice furthered:

Part of the reason why I kept ā€˜Juiceā€™ in my name wasnā€™t only for Tupac. It was for three rappers, actually: Tupac, Soulja Boy had an old mixtape called Juice, and MC Juice.

He expanded on the shortening of ā€œworldā€œ to ā€œWRLDā€œ later in the BigBoyTV interview as well, stating:

That was like a social media handle, and they wouldnā€™t let me spell the ā€œworldā€œ right. Eventually, it kinda got some meaning behind it. I was just thinking about it one day, and I kinda just said, ā€œmy music is kind of an illustration of what my world is and what goes on in my world.ā€œ

The rapper first gained major popularity from his December 2017 track ā€œAll Girls Are The Same,ā€ which garnered even more recognition when popular Lyrical Lemonade video director Cole Bennett made a music video for it.

Juice had stated in an interview with No Jumper that his favorite artist is Chief Keef and his favorite album is Kanye Westā€™s November 2008 hit, 808s & Heartbreak.

Juiceā€™s debut studio album, Goodbye & Good Riddance was released in May 2018, featuring productions from Mira, benny blanco, Cashmere Cat, Cardo, and Taz Taylor, along with other prestigious producers. The album was supported by five singles, garnering his biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit ā€œLucid Dreams,ā€ which slowly climbed the charts and peaked at #2 on the charts. Additionally, four other tracks off the album ā€“ namely ā€œLean wit Me,ā€ ā€œWasted" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, ā€œArmed and Dangerous,ā€ and ā€œAll Girls Are the Sameā€œ ā€“ peaked at #68, #67, #44, and #41, respectively.

Juiceā€™s debut studio albumā€™s success followed soon after with the release of October 2018ā€™s Future-assisted collaborative project, Future & Juice WRLD Presentā€¦ WRLD ON DRUGS, more commonly known as simply WRLD ON DRUGS. The album saw four Billboard Hot 100 charting tracks ā€“ ā€œMake it Backā€œ (#92), ā€œJet Lagā€œ (#72), ā€œAstronautsā€œ (#82), and the highest charter at #26, ā€œFine China.ā€œ

Juiceā€™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 within the first week. It featured only two previously released tracks: ā€œRobbery," which dropped with the music video on Valentineā€™s Day, and a tropical-vibed ā€œHear Me Calling.ā€ Death Race For Love saw six different tracks chart within the Billboard Hot 100.

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 Outsiders, the same month, supported by its intended lead single, ā€œBanditā€ with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, but never did so.

Over a month after his tragic death, the rapperā€™s posthumous vocals found their place on ā€œGodzillaā€ from Music to Be Murdered By, an album by Juiceā€™s lifelong idol, Eminem. A month later, Juice was featured alongside his second-time collaborator Lil Uzi Vert and first-time collaborator Chance the Rapper on his multiple-time collaborator G Herboā€™s album title track, ā€œPTSD.ā€ The next month, Juice appeared on YNW Mellyā€™s ā€œSuicidal (Remix).ā€œ The following month, Juiceā€™s label dropped two singles ā€“ ā€œRighteousā€œ and ā€œNo Me Ameā€œ, the latter of which was alongside frequent collaborator Rvssian and new collaborator Anuel AA. The next month, Juiceā€™s vocals were featured on Polo Gā€™s track ā€œFlex.ā€œ His label followed up later that month with his Trippie Redd-assisted track, ā€œTell Me U Luv Me.ā€œ

Early in July 2020, Juiceā€™s label began hinting at his first posthumous album, and dropped two more promotional singles within a span of two days, respectively titled ā€œLifeā€™s a Messā€œ ā€“ which featured past collaborator Halsey ā€“ and the Marshmello-assisted track ā€œCome & Go.ā€œ

All of these posthumous tracks found their positioning on his 21-track album, Legends Never Die, which released on July 10, 2020, over eight months after his passing. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling nearly 500,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Legends Never Die would mark the largest posthumous album debut to date.

Additionally, Juice joined The Beatles and Drake to become the third artist with five tracks in the Top 10 at the same time, with Marshmello-assisted ā€œCome & Goā€ at #2, ā€œWishing Wellā€œ at #5, ā€œConversationsā€œ at #7, Halsey-assisted ā€œLifeā€™s A Messā€ at #9, ā€œHate The Other Side,ā€œ with Marshmello and featuring The Kid LAROI and Polo G at #10.

Just under four weeks after the drop of Legends Never Die, Juiceā€™s long-time dream of collaborating with R&B singer The Weeknd came true with their hit track ā€œSmileā€, which released on August 7, 2020.

On December 2, 2020, the day that would mark Juiceā€™s 22nd birthday, his label surprise dropped the benny blanco-assisted ā€œReal Shit,ā€œ which would mark the pairā€™s fourth officially released collaboration.

The label followed six days later on December 8, 2020 ā€“ the day that marked the first anniversary of Juiceā€™s passing ā€“ for another joint track with The Kid LAROI, titled ā€œReminds Me Of You.ā€œ

Grade A continued Juiceā€™s legacy in 2021 with the Young Thug-assisted track ā€œBad Boy,ā€œ which released on January 15, 2021. Additionally, the official music video marked the final collaboration between Cole Bennett and Juice WRLD. One week later, DJ Scheme released the deluxe of his collaborative album FAMILY, on which the two collaborated for the opening track ā€œBuck 50.ā€œ

On March 5, 2021, another Grade A artist and previous Juice collaborator Clever released ā€œLifeā€™s a Mess IIā€œ alongside new collaborator Post Malone. The track served as the follow-up to the original Halsey-assisted ā€œLifeā€™s a Mess.ā€œ

On May 28, 2021, the birthday of Juiceā€™s fiancĆ© at the time of his death, Ally Lotti, his label surprise dropped an anniversary edition to Goodbye & Good Riddance, releasing two new songs, ā€œ734," which was originally known to fans through a September 2020 leak as ā€œThink Too Much,ā€œ and a long-awaited remix to ā€œLucid Dreamsā€œ featuring Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert, which also leaked a few days prior to the album.

On June 11, 2021, Juice found two more posthumous features on two separate albums: Maroon 5ā€™s Jordi, where Juice found a verse on the tenth track, ā€œCanā€™t Leave You Alone,ā€ and on the thirteenth track from Migosā€˜ Culture III: ā€œAntisocial.ā€œ

On October 26, 2021, Lil Bibby announced the release of ā€œAlready Dead,ā€œ which would end up serving as a promotional single for his upcoming album. The aforementioned album was announced by Juiceā€™s label on November 11, 2021, and was titled Fighting Demons. The album was released on December 10, 2021.

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