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UPDATE: Juice WRLD Dies Of Heart Attack At Age 21

[UPDATED] Rising Rapper Juice WRLD, one of a new crop of singing rappers who first found an audience on SoundCloud has died. He was 21.

Cook County, IL authorities have not given a reason for the death, but say there will be an autopsy. TMZ is reporting that the young rapper suffered a seizure while walking through Chicago’s Midway airport early Sunday morning.

Juice Wrld’s rose to prominence with his summer 2018 smash Lucid Dreams.

“I want to be that person that leads people out of the place they’re at,” the rapper told Billboard. “And in the process, maybe I’ll find the key to get out of the place that I’m at. The low places I may wander into or get trapped in.”

UPDATE via CelebrityAccesss

A spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department told the Chicago Tribune that it was unclear what caused the heart attack and said that an autopsy would be conducted.

“There were no signs of foul play and all individuals aboard the aircraft are cooperating with CPD and have given all of their information. We are awaiting the Cook County medical examiner on the cause and manner of death,” a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department told the Tribune.

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  1. Wow. Talented youth. Wonder if they handled his medical care correctly. This needs to be investigated. Possible causes include ruptured aneurysms, tumor or chemicals. Rare for run of the mill 1st seizures result in patients dying.

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