Skip to content
Obituaries
Link copied to clipboard

Rapper Juice WRLD dead after Chicago medical emergency

Authorities say Chicago-area rapper Juice WRLD has been pronounced dead after a "medical emergency'' at Midway International Airport.

Juice Wrld performs during the first day of the Made in America Festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. ***NOT FOR RESALE OR COMMERCIAL USE***
Juice Wrld performs during the first day of the Made in America Festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. ***NOT FOR RESALE OR COMMERCIAL USE***Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer
    by Associated Press, The Associated Press
    Published 

CHICAGO — Chicago-area rapper Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins, was pronounced dead Sunday after a "medical emergency'' at Midway International Airport, according to authorities.

The Cook County medical examiner's office was notified of the the death of Higgins, of Homewood, on Sunday morning, according to office spokeswoman Natalia Derevyanny. An autopsy had not been conducted.

Police and fire officials confirmed a 21-year-old male was transported from Midway to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Chicago police said he experienced a "medical emergency.''

Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said the transported man experienced cardiac arrest and was transported to a hospital from a Midway hanger away from the main terminal where private planes land.

Chicago police said they’re conducting a death investigation.