Young rapper Juice Wrld died at the age of 21 early Sunday after suffering a seizure at a Chicago airport, TMZ reported.
Jarad Anthony Higgins, as he was also known, was walking through Midway Airport when he experienced a “medical emergency,” an official with the Cook County medical examiner’s office told The Associated Press. TMZ reported that he had a seizure.
He had just landed in Chicago.
Police and fire officials confirmed to The Associated Press that a 21-year-old male was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy has not been conducted.
Juice Wrld broke through with his hit song “Lucid Dreams” last year, and collaborated with Ellie Goulding on “Hate Me.”
“I can’t believe it … you were such a sweet soul,” Goulding tweeted Sunday. “I’ll always remember meeting you and your family on the video set and thinking how close you were. You had so much further to go, you were just getting started. You’ll be missed Juice.”
The rapper was asked about his quick rise to fame during an interview last year.
“It hasn’t really caught up to me yet. I haven’t really felt like ‘Oh my God, what just happened?’ ” he told the Chicago Tribune. “But I think it’s a good thing because when people get caught up, they can get lost — lost in the moment. That can ruin somebody.”
He has placed 25 songs onto the Hot 100, according to Forbes.
“Really shocked and sad to find out juice wrld passed away, … and so young too… a reminder that life can be over any moment … be kind to one another,” record producer Zedd tweeted.
He just turned 21 on Monday.
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