Juice Wrld 'took unknown pills' on flight before fatal seizure

Juice WRLD allegedly took ‘several unknown pills’ before suffering the seizure that led to his death.

The rapper died on Sunday 8 December after suffering a seizure at Chicago Midway International Airport. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The 21-year-old’s cause of death has not yet been revealed, with an autopsy set to take place later today.

However, law enforcement sources told TMZ that several people on the flight told them that Juice had taken a number of pills on board.

A source also claimed that authorities were told that the Lucid Dreams star had a ‘Percocet problem’ and that there was a bottle of codeine cough syrup on board the private yet.

In addition to this, the FBI confiscated 70 pounds of marijuana from suitcases that were on the flight – with TMZ acquiring a picture of the drugs in the luggage.

Two men on the flight, Chris Long and Henry Dean, were arrested for possession of handguns, with Long released on $1,500 bail and Dean released without bail.

Juice – real name Jarad Higgins – had previously spoken about his use of Xanax, Percocet and Lean, a cocktail of cough syrup, hard candy and a soft drink also known as purple drank.

On his WRLD On Drugs mixtape in 2018, he made references to ‘Percs’, while on the song Empty, he rapped that he ‘problem solves with Styrofoam’, a reference to Lean.

However, in July he said he was ‘done’ with drinking Lean, tweeting to his girlfriend: ‘Bae I’m sorry I be tweaking, you’ve put up with more than ppl know I know I be scaring you, f*** Codeine I’m done. I love you and im letting it be known publicly that ain’t s*** f***ing up the real love I found. Learn from this everyone. Addiction kills all but you can overcome.’

Juice Wrld rose to prominence in 2018 with his hit song Lucid Dreams, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. His song All Girls Are The Same, was remixed by Lil Uzi Vert and drew the attention of Interscope Records, who then signed him to a multi-million dollar contract.

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The rapper also appeared on Travis Scott’s chart-topping album Astroworld, singing the hook on No Bystanders.

His debut album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, reached number four on the Billboard 200 chart but it was his second album, Death Race For Love, which earned him his first number one on the chart.

Juice’s final Instagram post showed the star celebrating his 21st birthday.

Metro.co.uk has contacted a rep for the estate of Juice Wrld for comment.

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