“Words have a lot of power.”
“What’s the 27 Club?
We ain’t making it past 21
I been going through paranoia
So I always gotta keep a gun
Damn, that’s the world we live in now
Yeah, hold on, just hear me out
They tell me I’ma be a legend
I don’t want that title now
‘Cause all the legends seem to die out
What the fuck is this ’bout?”
Juice Wrld
Thank You Juice
Jarad Anthony Higgins also known as Juice WRLD was a rapper out of Chicago, Illinois. Out of the many rappers that come from Chicago Juice WRLD was one of the most influence. After his singles Lucid Dreams and all girls are the same which landed him in the spotlight, he dropped his debut album “Goodbye & Good Riddance”. This album was a sensation and charted 3 songs in the top 100 billboard charts. After his debut album he released a collaboration album called “WRLD on Drugs” with Future a well known artist. Then he dropped Death race for love in 2019 which peaked at number 1 on the top 200 billboards. His music reached millions and inspired millions.
In his music Juice WRLD often mentioned drug abuse and suicide. He also mentioned and rapped about struggles with love past and present. As a young man I could relate heavy to his lyrics about love and hurt. The struggles he would sing and rap about were some of the same struggles I was going through at the time. Listening to his music helped me feel less alone. In his song all girls are the same he says “Tell me, what’s the secret to love? I don’t get it.” and explains what it feels like by saying “feel like I be runnin a race i’m not winning.” As a young man that’s what it can feel like at times, like you’re running a race for love and you just never win ever.
On December 8th, 2019, Jarad Anthony Higgins was pronounced dead by overdose. I was in my bed waking up and I checked my phone and that’s the first thing I saw. I was devastated and didn’t believe it was real. Another one of my favorite artists with so much potential was gone. In 2018 he released a song called “Legends” in remembrance of XXXTentacion and Lil Peep. It’s sad to listen to the song now because Juice himself was a legend in the making that we lost too soon.
They tell me I’ma be a legend
I don’t want that title now
‘Cause all the legends seem to die out
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