Drugs and Weapons Found on Board Plane of Late Rapper Juice Wrld

The cause of death of the promising rap star remains unknown.

The 21-year-old musician felt unwell at Chicago's airport on December 8, where he had arrived on a private flight, while authorities were seizing weapons and drugs from his plane. Law enforcement had been expecting the artist's flight from Los Angeles, suspecting contraband on board.

At the airport, Juice Wrld suffered a convulsive seizure, after which his heart stopped. As Variety reports, the rapper was briefly revived after the first seizure. At the hospital he was given two injections of the antidote Narcan, used in opioid overdoses, but it did not save the musician.

The cause of Juice Wrld's death remains unknown. After a preliminary autopsy, forensic experts said additional tests are required.

Juice Wrld's girlfriend, who flew with him to Chicago, told police that the rapper had been taking the opioid painkiller Percocet and had drug problems.

Over his career, the rapper released 2 mixtapes, 2 studio albums and 12 singles. His debut album “Goodbye & Good Riddance” (2018) reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 weekly chart, and his follow-up “Death Race for Love” (2019) topped the chart.

At the 2019 Billboard awards, Higgins won the award for Best New Artist.

On one of his tracks, “Legends,” Juice Wrld spoke about the deaths of other popular rappers, Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, who also died young, at 21 and 20. The song includes the line: “What's the 27 Club? We won't survive 21.”