Rap star Juice Wrld passed away today, MTO News can confirm.
The 21 rapper suffered an acute medical ailment while inside a Chicago airport. The symptoms of his “acute attack” are consistent with a drug overdose.
He was rushed to the hospital and unfortunately never recovered.
Here’s how TMZ is reporting it:
Juice Wrld, the talented rapper whose career was just taking off, is dead after suffering a seizure in Chicago’s Midway airport … TMZ has learned.
Juice’s flight from Cali landed early Sunday morning and, after deplaning … witnesses tell us he suffered the seizure while walking through the airport. Law enforcement sources say he was bleeding from the mouth when paramedics got on scene.
We’re told Juice — real name Jarad Anthony Higgins — was still conscious when he was rushed to a hospital. However, he was pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital. The cause of death is unclear at this time.
Many on social media suspect that the rapper’s death may have been a drug overdose – as the rapper spoke openly and often about his drug use.
Since his passing, millions of tweets have come up, suggesting that he OD’d. Here are a few: