R.I.P.: Jarad Higgins aka Juice Wrld, Rising Rapper

Juice Wrld, a young rapper from the Chicago area who recently signed with a major label, died Sunday morning after suffering cardiac arrest at a private hangar at Midway Airport, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Paramedics were called to the hangar operated by Atlantic Aviation shortly after 2 a.m., according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. The 21-year-old rapper, whose real name was Jarad Higgins, apparently had arrived at Midway on a private jet.

Higgins was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:14 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Langford said he did not know what caused Higgins to go into cardiac arrest. An autopsy will be performed Monday.

Juice WRLD, one of this year's brightest hip-hop stars, has died suddenly at the age of 21. ​#BillboardNews pic.twitter.com/wr9Kl8QNgu

— billboard (@billboard) December 8, 2019

He first gained traction with the single “All Girls Are The Same” in early 2018 before his follow-up single, the Sting-sampling “Lucid Dreams,” became one of the biggest hits of that year, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The smash single helped Juice WRLD win the top new artist trophy at the Billboard Music Awards in 2019.

He continued collecting hits with his album Death Race for Love, which became his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart earlier this year.