Juice WRLD’s mother, Carmella Wallace, has spoken out about her son’s addiction to prescription drugs.
"We loved Jarad with all of our hearts and cannot believe our time with him has been cut short. As he often addressed in his music and to his fans, Jarad battled with prescription drug dependency. As he often addressed in his music and to his fans, Jarad battled with prescription drug dependency," Wallace told TMZ, "Addiction knows no boundaries and its impact goes way beyond the person fighting it," Wallace continues. "Jarad was a son, brother, grandson, friend and so much more to so many people who wanted more than anything to see him defeat addiction. We hope the conversations he started in his music and his legacy will help others win their battles as that is what he wanted more than anything. We know that Jarad's legacy of love, joy and emotional honesty will live on."
Ms. Wallace says that Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jared Higgins, didn’t promote drug use in his raps but talked about drugs in hopes to help people battling addiction who may have felt alone in their fight.
TMZ reported, Juice WRLD died after his private jet landed in Chicago, the 21-year-old rapper suffered a seizure after swallowing a significant amount of Percocet pills in order to avoid the feds search of the plane.
70 pounds of marijuana, codeine, and 3 handguns were found.
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