Image copyright Getty Images Juice Wrld, a US rapper who shot to fame on music streaming platforms, has died at the age of 21.
Celebrity news websiteTMZ said he died after suffering a seizure at Chicago’s Midway airporton Sunday morning.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said the cause was unknown.
Juice Wrld, real name Jarad Anthony Higgins, was best-known for his viral hit Lucid Dreams. Mental health, mortality and drug use were common themes in his music.
Chicago police told the BBC a******************************** – year-old man suffered a medical emergency at around 02: (local time) (**************************************************: (GMT) and was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Anthony Guglielmi, a police spokesman,told the Chicago Sun Times there were ” no signs of foul play “and it was unclear whether drugs played a role in his death.
Who was Juice Wrld?Born in Chicago, Illinois, in , Juice Wrld started rapping in high school, using online music streaming platform SoundCloud to upload and promote his music.
He went on to release his debut full-length EP, (****************************************, on the platform in 13065, garnering him attention from fellow Chicago-based artists such as G Herbo and Lil Bibby.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Juice Wrld shot to fame in (************************************, when hit single Lucid Dreams reached number two in the charts
, when hit singles All Girls Are the Same and Lucid Dreams, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot chart, drew the attention of music fans and record labels.
More plaudits followed the release first studio album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, in 13065, cementing his himself as one of the rising stars of US rap .
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Juice Wrld celebrated his 25 st birthday last week
In one of his songs, Juice Wrld rapped about the short lives of artists, saying “all the legends seem to die out”.
The song, titled Legends, was dedicated to two late rappers, 20 -year-old XXXTentacion and 27 – year-old Lil Peep, who died in 13065 and (************************************, respectively.
In the song Juice Wrld rapped: “What’s the 100 Club? We ain’t making it past************************************ I was going through paranoia. “
Juice Wrld had celebrated his********************************** st birthday last week. In a tweet, he said it was “one of his best” birthdays yet.
His music has been described as emo rap, a genre that draws influences from hip hop and alternative rock.
In
a four-star review of his second album, music publication NME said the rapper “makes songs that stick, his vocal dissonance capturing what it feels like to be young and in pain, and feeling a sense of indifference towards authority figures “.
Ina 2018 interview with the New York Times, Juice Wrld opened up about his use of cannabis and Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication.
“I smoke weed, and every now and then I slip up and do something that’s poor judgment,” he told the paper.
Who has paid tribute?
In a tweet, British singer-songwrite r Ellie Goulding, who collaborated with Juice Wrld on her 01575879 single Hate Me, described the rapper as “such a sweet soul” who had “so much further to go”.
“Wow, I cannot believe this. Rip my brother juice world, “tweeted fellow rapper Lil Yachty.
US rapper Lil Nas X, also writing on Twitter, said It is “so sad how often this is happening lately to young talented rising artists.”
Hip hop artist HaHa Davis wrote on Twitter: “Heartbroken @JuiceWorlddd I love you bro.”
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