December 8th, 2019 was a remarkably sad day for the world of hip hop, music and entertainment
as a whole.
At only 21 years old, Jarred Higgins better known as Juice Wrld passed away.
The news broke in the early hours on a Sunday and immediately after an entire generation
of famous friends and fans world wide took to social media to share their heartbreak
and condolences.
A few names off the top will get to in this video include Lil Nas X, Drake, Murda Beatz,
Rich The Kid, Lil Pump, Cole Bennett, DJ Akademiks & even those from outside of hip hop like
Ninja, Faze Banks, Marshmello & more...
In a strange coincidence he died on the same day as John Lennon, but 19 years younger and
people are pouring over his lyrics, some which in an eerie way, almost predicted his untimely
departure.
There are also a ton of conspiracy theories circulating online that he is in fact still
alive.
We here at Before They Were Famous wish that were the case.
When we made our initial Before They Were Famous on Juice Wrld he was kind enough to
retweet and share some love with us online.
Now I've seen footage off paramedics trying their best to revive the young man but we
won't be sharing those visuals here here.
This video is a tribute to his life, career and the impact he's had on an entire generation.
My sister and her kid called me upset over this news story and it's obvious Juice World
had a big impact on listeners outside of just hip hop the youth.
More news will continue to come out about the events that led up to this terrible tragedy
and it's gonna be a sad reminder for all of us heading into the end of the year.
I also understand emotions run high during painful events like this and some might choose
to take their anger out on me.
This channel, this brand and the audience I've built up consume these videos to celebrate
stars as they find success and at times, pay tribute to them when they leave us.
I've received hundreds, if not thousands of requests to make a Before They Were Gone video
for Juice Wrld.
If that's something you would like to see let me know in the comments down below and
we will work on something super special for this dude.
With that said, we have a lot to get through so let's get into this video.
One of the most tragic and touching reactions was from Juice's close friend and collaborator
Ski Mask The Slump God.
His tweets hit especially hard knowing that he's already been through this having been
life long best friends with XXXTentacion.
He took to Twitter with his initial reactions of:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Followed by: BRUH AT THIS FUCKING POINT TAKE
ME TOO HE CANT BE GONE,
“They Keep Taking My Brothers From Me.”
He also posted a photo of their recent face time chats
You can't help but feel absolutely gutted for Ski Mask.
Our prayers go out to him.
DJ Academics was extremely active on Social Media keeping everyone informed and sharing
his own heartbreak.
Again, his initial tweet read: NOOOOO, followed by RIP Juice...
I was suppose to link wit him this weekend.
I feel so guilty that our last phone call I told him I would call him back then didn’t
cuz I said imma see u this weekend ... RIP JUICE WRLD
He sharred condolences with his friend Ski Mask and posted a photo of the two together
and gave us some pretty insightful thoughts about how to deal with all this loss.
He tweeted: Hip Hop needs Grief Counsellors... to see
so many young fans have to deal with the death of their favourite artists and try to make
sense of it’s disheartening but it’s as well disheartening seeing people not understand
how each person chooses to grieve or how people deal w/ a loss.
I agree with Akademiks, but I think it be hard to council everyone.
It needs to start at the top with artists and celebrities having people around them
that keep them sane rather than them turning to substance abuse.
I know a little bit of that pressure but I talk about stars, I couldn't imagine the pressure
of actually being a travelling public performer.
Akademiks had more before the night was done.
He posted some final clips of Ski Mask citing him as being in high spirits and looking happy.
& before bed, he closed off with the caption: Today was just a bad f***ing day...
Another one of Juice Wrld's close friends and collaborators Cole Bennett, the pair have
worked on plenty of projects together, most notably with Cole directing the music video
Lucid Dreams which has over 400 Million views at the time of this recording.
He took to Instagram and twitter in disbelief.
Over onTwitter: i am heartbroken.
I love you so much juice.
you will be remembered forever & I promise we are gonna shine for you Juice I fucking
promise His instagram stories go as follows:
“One of my favorite memories with juice was when we were in europe together and our
hotel rooms would always be right next to each other.
The only thing i would watch on the tv was the music hits channel because that was the
only thing in english on the tv. & they would play lucid dreams every morning and i would
just bang on the wall every time and scream at him & say “u hear this shit?? “ & he'd
bang on the wall and yell back everytime “helllll yeaaaa!”
Cole followed by posting several videos
Like I said, this news hit fast and hard with the entire Hip Hop Community sharing their
loss and condolences.
Let's run through a few Lil Yachty: Wow, I can not believe this.
Rip my brother juice world
NLE Choppa: Rest Up Legend
Lil Pump: Rip juice I can’t believe this happened
Murda Beatz tweeted out, Rip Juice Wrld Gone Too Soon and posted a video of the two in
the studio together Drake had this to say via IG, I would like
to see all the younger talent live longer and I hate waking up hearing another story
filled with blessings was cut short
Ju Ju Smith Schuster shared a video of him on stage with Juice and the caption read:
don’t even know where to start but this man got me through so much in life and the
fact that he’s not here anymore kills me.
My favorite artist man.
Literally felt like yesterday when we were backstage talking about video games & you
playing death row on a PSP.
Forever gonna hold your music high brother.
Thank you for all the great memories.
Rest Easy King Juice.
Trippie Redd posted a photo of the two on facetime.
I kinda hate life tbh I'm so sick and tired of this shit honestly...”
Yung Nudy's rection was caught on IG live
The lil peep account which is now run by his family:
Made a twitter post which read: “This is absolutely heartbreaking.
We send our love and strength to this young man's family.
Please know we are with you and if we can do anything to help you please let us know.
We are so very sorry”
Lil Nas X: oh my god wtf :(
rip juice.
so sad how often this is happening lately to young talented rising artists
Meek Mill: posted a photo of the two to his instagram
and wrote the caption: This is unbelievable”
Rich The Kid: Noooo way not juice wrld somebody say this
not real
Ninja: Waking up to Juice Wrld passing from a seizure...
I loved his music and he was my most listened to artist in 2019.
Im heartbroken, my love goes out to his family and loved ones.
Too soon man."
“DBD all night with cloakzy and jessica blevins.
Dedicating the night stream juice.
I seriously loved your music so much and i know we didnt know one another personally
but i hope you are resting in peace” “Find the ones who love you when you are
alive”
There’s no way this is real & I love you brother.
Watching you come up was special.
We lost the best one today.
Rest In Peace player.
followed by a screen shot of their recent correspondance.
Marshmello: We were just together a few weeks ago ....we
were supposed to hang on Friday ...... this doesn’t seem real.
I’m going to miss u man I can’t believe it @JuiceWorlddd
Nardwaur: So
sad to hear this news.
You will be missed.
R.i.p.
Juice World
Ellie Goulding, who collaborated with Juice WRLD on their song “Hate Me,” tweeted:
“I can’t believe it... you were such a sweet soul.
I’ll always remember meeting you and your family on the video set and thinking how close
you were.
You had so much further to go, you were just getting started.
You’ll be missed Juice.”
Kehlani called the 21-year-old’s death “sad as f*ck,” adding: “rest in love juice
wrld.”
Yung Baby Tate wrote: “Juice Wrld... way too young, way too bright.
This is so sad.
Prayers to his family and loved ones.”
Chance the Rapper have posted tributes to the late artist, the last of whom wrote: Millions
of people, not just in Chicago but around the world are hurting because of this and
don’t know what to make of it.
“ really shocked and sad to find out juice wrld passed away, ... and so youngt too...
a reminder that life can be over any moment.
Be kind to one another”
Famous dex: Made a video about the passing of Juice Wrld.:
and sadly after he talked about juice wrld every ended up leaving his live.
The list goes on and on and no doubt there isn't a person who hasn't been touched in
some way by his music, lyrics and artistry.
Please pay your respects in the comments down below.
There is gonna be a lot more information coming out about Juice's substance use prior to this
flight.
I'm not sure what can be done to help these young artists dealing with these issues...
I was at a food drive this weekend and it felt good giving back.
Perhaps I can use this platform more positively to help others.
Let me know if you want a Juice Wrld Before They Were Gone and I'll see you guys in another
video.