By Justin Judge – Staff Reporter

Juice Wrld (real name Jarad Higgins) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Over the past year Juice has become an internet and music sensation creating R&B hip hop hits.

Juice was born on December 2, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois. In 1999, he moved to Homewood, Illinois, and attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School. As he grew up he was surrounded by pure religion and conservation.

Juice gained mainstream recognition after the release of the single “Lucid Dreams” in 2018, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. After securing a recording contract with Grade A Productions and Interscope Records.

In February 2018, a music video directed by Cole Bennett was released. Following the release of his “All Girls Are the Same” video, Higgins was signed to Interscope Records for $3,000,000.

Juice has had many different influences in his life, such as rappers Chief Keef, Travis Scott,Kanye West and British rock singer Billy Idol. His other influences include Wu-Tang Clan, Fall Out Boy, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Tupac, and Eminem.

Juice began to pursue his career and develop himself as an artist in his freshman year of high school. Juice would record his music through his cell phone and upload them to Soundcloud his sophomore year.

At age 20, he has become one of the most recognizable artists in the music world. After several tragic events in the music community, such as the passing of Jahseh Onfroy Son, the community needed a boost in moral spirit. Juice Wrld came into the music world at the perfect time.

Juice is available on many platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, Soundcloud, and many more music stations. Over the past four years, he has racked up his overall net worth of $3,000,000, which makes him one of the youngest and highest paid rappers in the industry.

Juice has gigged a lot of big name events such as 2019 Rolling Loud Miami, the Hammerstein Ballroom, the Skyline Stage, and many more.

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars