Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 - December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice WRLD, was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was best known for his hit singles "All Girls Are The Same" and "Lucid Dreams" which helped him gain a recording contract with Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions and Interscope Records.
Juice states his musical influences as being genre-wide going from rock music to rap music. Higgins stated that his biggest influences are rappers Chief Keef, Travis Scott, Kanye West and British rock singer Billy Idol. His other influences include Wu-Tang Clan, Fall Out Boy, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, 2Pac, and Eminem. Higgins music has been branded as "emo" and "rock" leaning, "genre-bending" with music focusing on having a "every broken heart, every wounded feeling".