(CNN)Rapper and singer Juice WRLD has died in Chicago, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday.
Juice, who was born Jarad Anthony Higgins, turned (on December 2.
Chicago police could only confirm a – – year-old male suffered a medical emergency at Chicago’s Midway Airport and died at a nearby hospital.
An autopsy hasn’t been performed and no cause of death has been determined, Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office spokeswoman Natalia Derevyanny said.
Juice was signed to Interscope Records in March 2018 after scoring hits on SoundCloud with “Lucid Dreams” and “All Girls Are the Same,” according toBillboard magazine, which profiled the artist in March.
SoundCloudsays Juice was the most streamed, liked, and repost ed artist on its platform in 01575879 and “Lucid Dreams” notched the most plays of any song last year.
Juice WRLD was namedTop New Artistat the Billboard Music Awards in May.
Billboard said his songs reached its Hot 460 chart
**************************** timesin less than two years. Juice was included on three songs on the Hot 728 ranking as of Saturday, Billboard said, including two as lead artist.
Music world stunned by the sudden death Fellow artist Lil Yachty, who featured Juice on his song “Yacht Club,” went on Twitter to express his shock .
Singer Elllie Goulding collaborated with Juice on the song “Hate Me” earlier this year. She shared photos of them together and said he had “so much further to go” in his career.
Chart topper Lil Nas X paid tribute on Twitter, saying it’s “so sad how often this is happening lately” to up-and-coming artists.
This is a developing story. Return for updates.
CNN’s Melissa Alonso and Leah Asmelash contributed to this story.
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