Juice WRLD, one of this year's brightest hip-hop stars, has died suddenly at the age of 21.
TMZ broke the news on Sunday morning (Dec. 8) and reported that Juice WRLD, a.k.a. Jarad Anthony Higgins, had arrived at Chicago's Midway Airport following a flight from Los Angeles and suffered a seizure in the terminal. He was alive when paramedics arrived on the scene, but was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly thereafter. (Billboard has reached out to Juice WRLD's representatives.)
Natalia Derevyanny, Director of Communications for the Cook County medical examiner's office, confirmed his passing to Billboard: "The medical examiner's office has been notified of the death of Jarad A. Higgins, a 21-year-old black male of the 18500 block of Pierce Terrace in Homewood Illinois. The autopsy has not been performed at this time."
An official from the Chicago Police department confirms to Billboard that "a 21-year-old male at approximately 2 a.m. this morning at Midway Airport in the private jet section/terminal of the airport suffered a medical emergency and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead." An investigation is underway.
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