Yahoo

Juice WRLD Turns SoundCloud Rap Into Toxic Emo-Pop

Fifteen years ago, in her Punk Planet column, Jessica Hopper wrote a piece called “Emo: Where The Girls Aren’t.” The piece went about as viral as a zine column could in 2003, and it’s probably still ...
Chicago Tribune

For Juice Wrld, mega-streaming numbers and ’emo rap’ are just the beginning

The state of hip-hop in 2018 is as divisive as it is unifying. The most popular genre, officially eclipsing rock in 2017 according to Nielsen’s midyear report, has become more malleable; making room ...
NPR

Juice WRLD

April 4, 2024 • Embedded in genre : sadboy, a collaborative release by rappers MGK and Trippie Redd, is an accidental lesson in what once made the collision of rap and pop-punk so electrifying. July ...
WRAL

Remembering Juice WRLD, one of emo rap's most promising artists

Juice WRLD was an artist on the come up. You may have heard his track "Lucid Dreams." With its hypnotic hook and melancholic lyrics, the track was quietly posted to SoundCloud in 2017 when he was ...
xxlmag

Juice Wrld Thinks the Rap Game Is “So Muthaf!*king Soft Right Now”

Juice Wrld is arguably one of the hottest rappers in the game right now. But in a new interview, the Chicago-born artist says he feels that rap is losing its edge. In the NME cover story, published on ...
Stereogum

Cordae & A Posthumous Juice WRLD Rap Over Eminem’s “Role Model” Beat On New Single “Doomsday”

In 2019, the emo-rap star Juice WRLD died of an accidental drug overdose. He was 21. Since Juice WRLD's death, a lot of his music has come out, including the extremely successful album Legends Never ...
The Independent

Juice WRLD: Rising rap star whose heartfelt lyrics conquered the US charts

Juice WRLD was a budding rap star whose lush songs about heartbreak, drug use and teenage angst propelled him from SoundCloud obscurity to crossover success at the top of the pop charts. The rapper, ...
Alternative Press

Vic Mensa reflects on how “rap is much to blame” for Juice WRLD’s death

Vic Mensa believes the hip-hop/rap scene is also to blame for Juice WRLD‘s death. He also states that rappers should be more careful about what they say for their audience. Jarad Anthony Higgins, died ...
Rolling Out

Rap star Juice Wrld dead at 21

Juice Wrld whose real name is Jarad Anthony Higgins died after suffering a seizure at Chicago’s Midway airport. The Chicago born rapper gained notoriety in 2018 with the release of the singles “All ...
Channel 3000

Remembering Juice WRLD, one of emo rap’s most promising artists

Juice WRLD was an artist on the come up. You may have heard his track “Lucid Dreams.” With its hypnotic hook and melancholic lyrics, the track was quietly posted to SoundCloud in 2017 when he was ...
xxlmag

Vic Mensa Thinks Rap Is Much to Blame for Juice Wrld’s Death

Vic Mensa believes the hip-hop world's love for drugs played a role in the death of Juice Wrld, who died after allegedly ingesting Percocet pills in order to hide them while authorities searched a ...