Juice Wrld facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Juice Wrld
Juice Wrld performing in 2019
Born	Jarad Anthony Higgins (1998-12-02)December 2, 1998 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 8, 2019(2019-12-08) (aged 21) Oak Lawn, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place	Beverly Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	JuicetheKidd
Education	Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Occupation	Rapper singer songwriter
Years active	2015–2019
Partner(s)	Alexia Smith (2018) Ally Lotti (2018–2019)
Relatives	Young Dolph (second cousin)
Musical career
Origin	Homewood, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop emo rap trap SoundCloud rap
Labels	Grade A Interscope Polydor
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Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD), was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He emerged as a leading figure in the emo and SoundCloud rap genres, which garnered mainstream attention during the mid-to-late 2010s. His stage name, which he said represents "taking over the world", was derived from the crime thriller film Juice (1992).

Early life

Jarad Anthony Higgins was born on December 2, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in the south suburbs and often played in Calumet Park. He later moved to Homewood and graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 2017. His parents divorced when he was three years old. He grew up with his mother, Carmella Wallace and older brother in a single-parent home. Higgins' father died in June 2019. Higgins' mother was very religious and conservative; she did not let him listen to hip hop music. He was allowed to listen to rock and pop music; he was introduced to artists including Billy Idol, Blink-182, Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, Megadeth, and Panic! at the Disco through video games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Guitar Hero.

He learned to play the piano at four, having been inspired by his mother who later began paying for his lessons. He then took up the guitar and drums while playing the trumpet for band class. In his sophomore year of high school, he began posting songs to SoundCloud which he recorded on his smartphone. Around that time, Higgins began to take rapping more seriously.

Career

Higgins during an interview with Hot 107.9 in July 2018

Higgins developed as an artist in his first year of high school. His first track, "Forever", was released on SoundCloud in 2015 under the name JuicetheKidd. Higgins recorded most of his first tracks on a cellphone, uploading them to SoundCloud in his sophomore year. He changed his name from JuicetheKidd, a name inspired by his affection for rapper Tupac Shakur's role in the film Juice, to Juice Wrld because he and his associates believed the change would benefit his career.

Higgins signed a recording contract with Grade A Productions and Interscope Records in 2017. He gained recognition with the diamond-certified single "Lucid Dreams", which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was included on his triple platinum debut album Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018), alongside the singles "All Girls Are the Same", "Lean wit Me", "Wasted", and "Armed and Dangerous", all of which charted on the Hot 100. He then released his second album, Death Race for Love, in 2019; it contained the hit single "Robbery" and became Higgins' first number one debut on the US Billboard 200.

His first posthumous album, Legends Never Die (2020), matched chart records for most successful posthumous debut and for most U.S. top-ten entries from one album, while the single "Come & Go" (with Marshmello) became Higgins' second song to reach number two on the Hot 100. His second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, was released in 2021 alongside the documentary film Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss and contained the US top 20 single "Already Dead".

Artistry and legacy

Musical style

Higgins said his musical influences were genre-wide from emo, hip hop music, elements of rock, punk and R&B, and that his biggest influences were rappers Travis Scott, Chief Keef, Kanye West, and British rock singer Billy Idol. His other influences included Wu-Tang Clan, Quietdrive, Fall Out Boy, Black Sabbath, the Starting Line, the Cranberries, the City Drive, 2Pac, Eminem, XXXTentacion, Kid Cudi, and Escape the Fate. Higgins had also stated that he listened to bands such as Panic! at the Disco and Killswitch Engage.

Higgins' music has been branded as "emo" and "rock" leaning, "genre-bending" with music focusing on "every broken heart, every wounded feeling". More specifically, he has been labeled as a hip hop, emo rap, trap, and SoundCloud rap artist. With a penchant for short, hook-heavy songs, Higgins was a leading figure in hip-hop during the late 2010s.

Higgins saw the value in his position as one of very few contemporary SoundCloud artists who could compose soul-baring ballads and odes but remain comfortable freestyle rapping over classic hip hop beats.

Personal life

Higgins was living in Los Angeles, California, with his girlfriend, Ally Lotti, at the time of his death. In November 2018, the pair revealed via Instagram that they were dating.

Death

Higgins' mausoleum in Blue Island, Illinois, pictured in March 2022

Higgins died on January 22, 2020. His funeral was held on December 13, 2019, at the Holy Temple Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Harvey. Friends and family were in attendance, including collaborators Ski Mask the Slump God and Young Thug.

Discography

Studio albums

• Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018)
• Death Race for Love (2019)
• Legends Never Die (2020)
• Fighting Demons (2021)
• The Party Never Ends (2024)

Filmography

Concert tours

• The Nicki Wrld Tour with Nicki Minaj (2019)
• The Death Race for Love Tour with Ski Mask the Slump God and contribution from Lyrical Lemonade (2019)

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards

BET Awards

BET Hip-Hop Awards

Billboard Music Awards

iHeartRadio Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards