NEW YORK: Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD, one of a wave of young artists who earned attention on streaming platforms before breaking out as chart-toppers and social media celebrities, died Sunday at the age of 21, according to local authorities. And in 2017, the rapper Lil Peep died at age 21 of what was declared an accidental overdose of fentanyl and Xanax. Speaking to The New York Times in 2018, Juice WRLD said that he used Xanax heavily as a teenager but was aiming to curb his drug use. Rip my brother juice world,” tweeted fellow rapper Lil Yachty. “rip juice,” tweeted breakout star Lil Nas X.

Source: New Strait Times December 08, 2019 21:33 UTC