Thursday (December 2) marks what would have been Juice WRLD’s 23rd birthday. The late rapper’s mother, Carmela Wallace, commemorated her son by penning a heartbreaking open letter addressed to Jarad Higgins, who later became the superstar known to the world as Juice WRLD.
“When you were born 23 years ago, I never expected that you would not to be here today celebrating your birthday,” she began. “Although it has been nearly two years since you’ve been gone, I still think about you every day and losing you has changed my life forever. I’m glad that we always made sure that we said goodbye when we left each other because we didn’t know when we would see each other again.”
Throughout the touching letter, Wallace reflects on a time she bought Juice a white MP3 player for his birthday but he found the gift in her closet early anyway. She also mentions how much she hears from fans about how her son’s music helped them with depression and other mental health struggles.
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“Happy 23rd Birthday Jarad, I love you dearly,” she concluded. “I’m thankful for the time that we had and will forever cherish every moment that we shared. Love, Mom.”
Juice WRLD died six days after his 21st birthday on December 8, 2019 after suffering a seizure at Chicago’s Midway International Airport. Medical examiners ruled he died from a toxic overdose of oxycodone and codeine.
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There is still plenty of Juice WRLD content in the pipeline for fans coming before 2021 expires. His Fighting Demons posthumous album is set to arrive next Friday (December 10) and the Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss documentary hits HBO on December 16.
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Look for a Justin Bieber-assisted single titled “Wandered to LA” to release on Friday (December 3) as well.
Where is the dad? Have noticed a lot of dead rappers have absentee fathers? If his father was present he probably wouldn’t have to resort to drugs. Ladies you can’t raise sons by your own. So don’t push your baby daddies away with your “independent” bullshit.
Research is key man. You should try it. His dad was a drug addict. His dad passed away early 2019 around half a year before he did. I feel it greatly bothered him that he didn’t get a chance to fix that relationship. He often referred to himself as a bastard in some of his freestyles. It had nothing to do with his mom being on “some independent bullshit”. He made a song about his dad “Life’s a dungeon”. He also didn’t cancel any shows I witnessed him go on stage and the dj stopped the show to tell everyone his father passed away and I believe he tried to bury those feelings by working and staying busy and obviously using substances which we all realize aren’t the answer but I’m not an addict and couldn’t imagine the demons he battled with.