Juice WRLD died of an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine, autopsy reveals
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Rapper Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad Higgins, died from an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine, according to an autopsy.
The rapper died on December 8 at Chicago's Midway Airport after having a seizure while police searched his plane for drugs and guns.
Rapper Juice WRLD died from an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine, according to autopsy results released by Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Illinois on Wednesday.
Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad Higgins, died at Chicago's Midway Airport on December 8 after having a seizure as police searched his plane for drugs and guns. He was 21.
TMZ reported at the time that people on board the plane with Higgins said he had taken several unknown pills before seizing.
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On Wednesday, the medical examiner's office released information about Higgins' death on Twitter. The office said Higgins died "as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity" and that the manner of death was an accident.
Higgins was a rapper from Chicago who rose to fame on the streaming platform SoundCloud. His biggest hit, "Lucid Dreams," went to No. 1 on Apple Music after news of his death broke.
He died less than a week after celebrating his 21st birthday.
HIs song "Legends," was notably about his fears of not "making it past 21." He wrote the song after the sudden deaths of fellow rappers, Lil Peep and XXXTentacion.
Following his death, Higgins' record label, Interscope Geffen A&M, said the rapper "made a profound impact on the world in such a short period of time."
"He was a gentle soul, whose creativity knew no bounds, an exceptional human being and artist who loved and cared for his fans above everything else," the label said in a statement. "To lose someone so kind and so close to our hearts is devastating. Our thoughts are with Juice's family and friends, everyone at his label Grade A, and his millions of fans around the world."
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