{"id":973934,"date":"2019-12-08T09:23:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=923765"},"modified":"2019-12-08T09:23:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T16:23:25","slug":"rapper-juice-wrld-dead-at-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/rapper-juice-wrld-dead-at-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Juice WRLD Dead at 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Juice WRLD<\/a>, the rising Chicago-born rapper who topped the album charts in 2019 with his acclaimed album Death Race for Love<\/em><\/a>, has died at the age of 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rapper born Jarad Higgins reportedly suffered a seizure at Chicago\u2019s Midway Airport on Sunday; he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, TMZ first reported<\/a>. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed<\/a> Higgins\u2019 death to the New York Times<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA 21-year-old male suffered a medical emergency and was transferred to [Advocate Christ Medical Center] in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead,\u201d a rep for the Chicago Police Department told Rolling Stone<\/i>; authorities would not identify the male as the investigation was still pending. <\/span>No cause of death was provided.<\/span><\/p>\n

In just a two-year span, Juice WRLD landed three albums into the upper reaches of the album charts: Following his breakout single \u201cAll Girls Are the Same,\u201d Higgins made his debut in 2018 with Goodbye & Good Riddance<\/em>, which boasted the unexpected Hot 100 hit \u201cLucid Dreams.\u201d The rapper followed that up with WRLD on Drugs<\/em>, a collaborative mixtape with Future that peaked at Number 2 on the album charts.<\/span><\/p>\n