It is important to note that a number of hip-hop artists paved the way for the current emo-rap wave. He even ended his Riverside set by discouraging fans from taking Xanax. Higgins admits to having used Xanax in high school, but he does not currently condone excessive drug use. But when you read between the lines, you realize it is a concept album about heartbreak and the desire for the escape that comes with it.

It is easy to dismiss вЂњGoodbye & Good RiddanceвЂќ as an album that irresponsibly promotes drug use. It was only the second booking of a young hip-hop artist by the Pabst Theater Group and the 19-year-old Chicagoland native put on a rockstar performance worthy of the lavish confines. On August 14, The Riverside Theater welcomed Juice WRLD, Apple MusicвЂ™s вЂњUp NextвЂќ artist of the summer and a leader of the modern emo-rap movement. But a wave of young hip-hop artists who grew up on 2000s emo and pop-punk have put вЂњemo-rapвЂќ back on the map. Two decades and five kids later, it feels more fitting to call Atmosphere вЂњdad rapвЂќ at this point. The next summer, while drowning in a bad high school breakup, вЂњGod Loves UglyвЂќ was my life jacket. This was on the heels of the groupвЂ™s second studio album, 2002вЂ™s вЂњGod Loves Ugly.вЂќ The vulnerability in SlugвЂ™s verses was alluring, especially amid a sea of hyper-masculine rappers.

The first time I heard the term вЂњemo-rapвЂќ it was in reference to Atmosphere, the hip-hop group from Minneapolis. How the 19-year-old Chicagoland native's rockstar performance at the Riverside Theater represents a genre shift At the Riverside performance, Higgins paid tribute to Keef by rapping along to his hit вЂњFaneto.вЂќ His stage name comes from a hairstyle Tupac wore in the 1992 film вЂњJuiceвЂќ and he cites ChicagoвЂ™s Chief Keef as his biggest influence and inspiration. Higgins also maintains a respect for hip-hopвЂ™s half-century lineage and his hometown scene. He has expressed affection for вЂњanything from alternative to post-hardcore: Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, Senses Fail, Megadeth, Panic at the Disco, Three Days GraceвЂќ and more. Of all the artists working in the emo-rap lane, Juice WRLD feels the most authentic. She did not allow him to listen to hip-hop, but considered pop and rock to be more acceptable. His mother was a very religious, conservative parent. Higgins attributes the Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk video games for his introduction to rock music. Then it became less of me trying to be a lyricist and more of me trying to be a musician and use more of the background that I have.вЂќ вЂњ try to come up with the wildest punchlines and wordplay, trying to be as clever as possible. Juice WRLD at MilwaukeeвЂ™s Riverside Theater by Daniel Ojeda

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