Line #15 Music/JuiceWRLD


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3	[floatboxright:Influences: Music/TravisScott, Music/ChiefKeef, Music/KanyeWest, Music/BillyIdol, Music/WuTangClan, Music/FallOutBoy, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Megadeth}}, Music/TupacShakur, Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/KidCudi, Music/EscapeTheFate, Music/Blink182, Music/PanicAtTheDisco, Music/{{Future}}, Music/SouljaBoy, Music/TylerTheCreator, Music/BulletForMyValentine]
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5	->''"I still see your shadows in my room\
6	Can't take back the love that I gave you\
7	It's to the point where I love and I hate you\
8	And I cannot change you, so I must replace you"''
9	-->-- '''"Lucid Dreams"'''
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11	Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice WRLD (pronounced "juice world") was an American rapper, singer and songwriter. [[ShortLivedBigImpact While he was only professionally active for four years, he became a prominent figure in modern rap during the mid-to-late 2010s]], primarily through the {{melodic\|Rap}} emo rap and [=SoundCloud=] rap genres that gained mainstream attention during that time. His take on the sound was a essentially [[GenreMashup fusion]] of {{rock}} and TrapMusic.
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13	He and his older brother were raised by a single mother after their parents divorced when he was 3 and their father left. While he was not allowed to listen to rap growing up, as his mother was very religious and conservative, he was allowed to listen to pop and rock, which introduced him to many artists and bands that would later influence his music.
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15	After taking an interest in music during his childhood, learning to play the piano at 4 and later picking up the guitar, drums and trumpet, he began releasing music to [=SoundCloud=] in high school under the name [=JuicetheKidd=]. He later changed his name to Juice WRLD; the "Juice" part comes from the 1992 film ''Film/{{Juice}}'', since he admired Music/TupacShakur's role in the film, while the "WRLD" part initially had no meaning but later came to represent "taking over the world".
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17	After officially beginning his career as an independent artist in 2015, Juice WRLD joined the Internet Money collective in 2017, and shortly after released his debut EP ''9 9 9''[[note]]999 was a significant number to Juice that often appeared in his music; he explained it as an inversion of the NumberOfTheBeast (666) symbolic of "taking whatever ill, whatever bad situation, whatever struggle you’re going through and turning it into something positive to push yourself forward"[[/note]]. A song from the EP, "Lucid Dreams", served as his BreakthroughHit; with his newfound success, and cosigns from rappers like Music/WakaFlockaFlame, he signed with Grade A Productions and Creator/InterscopeRecords. Upon the song being re-released through the labels as a single for his 2018 debut album, ''Goodbye & Good Riddance'', it would go on to peak at #2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was later certified Diamond in 2022. The album itself generated several other hit singles (including "All Girls Are the Same", "Lean wit Me" and "Armed and Dangerous"), was certified Platinum by the end of the year, and was eventually certified quintuple Platinum in 2023.
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19	Just under five months later, Juice WRLD released ''WRLD on Drugs'', a collaborative mixtape between him and Music/{{Future}}. His second album, ''Death Race for Love'', was released in 2019; it contained the hit single "Robbery", which currently has over 1 billion streams on Spotify, and became his first #1 debut on the ''Billboard'' 200.
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21	Sadly, nine months later, Juice WRLD died of an accidental drug overdose six days after turning 21. The overdose was later reported to have been caused by oxycodone and codeine. He was a heavy drug user throughout his childhood and teenage years and also struggled with depression and anxiety, both of which he discussed in his music. In the wake of his death, his mother established [[https://livefree999.org/ the Live Free 999 Fund]], which works to support programs that help young and undeserved populations affected by addiction and mental illness, expressing hope that her son's legacy would help others in their battles.
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23	His first posthumous album, ''Legends Never Die'', was released in 2020 and became his second #1 debut on the ''Billboard'' 200, also matching chart records for the most successful posthumous debut and the most US top-10 entries from one album. A single from the album, "Come & Go" (with Music/{{Marshmello}}), became his second #2 song on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second posthumous album, ''Fighting Demons'', was released in 2021 alongside the documentary film ''Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss''.
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25	!!Album discography:
26	* ''Goodbye & Good Riddance'' (2018)
27	* ''WRLD on Drugs'' (with {{Music/Future}}, 2018)
28	* ''Death Race for Love'' (2019)
29	!!Posthumous discography:
30	* ''Legends Never Die'' (2020)
31	* ''Fighting Demons'' (2021)
32	* "Doomsday" (with Cordae) (single) (2023)
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34	!!All Tropes Are The Same
35	* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Righteous", justified due to his passing. Also "Wishing Well" "Tell me you love me" and a host of others.
36	%%* BreakupSong: His most popular songs ("Lucid Dreams", "Robbery", "All Girls Are the Same").
37	* CelebrityElegy: "Legends" is one for Music/LilPeep and Music/XXXTentacion. Live performances would show a montage of a lot more. After his death, his protege Music/TheKidLaroi recorded the song "Where Does Your Spirit Go?" in his honour.
38	* MelodicRap: A unique example, since his style was strongly influenced by [[ThrashMetal Thrash]] and HeavyMetal.
39	* TheMentor: He was this to Music/TheKidLAROI, with whom he collaborated on "Go" and "Hate the Other Side", which were both released posthumously.
40	* ShoutOut:
41	** The video for "Lucid Dreams" seems to be inspired by the video for "[[Music/MarcyPlayground Sex and Candy]]".
42	** The video for "Lean With Me" was, by Juice's acknowledgement, inspired by the video for Music/{{Eminem}}'s "When I'm Gone".
43	* TheFace: He, Music/XXXtentacion and Music/LilPeep are often considered the Face of Emo Rap/Sound Cloud during the late 2010s so much that when he died, Rolling Stones magazine declared it as the "death of Sound Clap rap"
44	* RedEyes,TakeWarning: In a posthumous song, namely Righteous, he sings: blood moon are my eyes, stay low.
45	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Towards the end of his life, he became this with Ski Mask the Slump God and his record producer DJ Scheme

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