It was included on his triple platinum debut album Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018), alongside the singles "All Girls Are the Same", "Lean wit Me", "Wasted", and "Armed and Dangerous", all of which charted on the Hot 100.

His second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, was released in 2021 alongside the documentary film Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss and contained the US top 20 single "Already Dead".

He was allowed to listen to rock and pop music; he was introduced to artists including Billy Idol, Blink-182, Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, Megadeth, and Panic!

In an interview with the Atlanta radio station WHTA, Higgins revealed that the latter part of his stage name initially had no meaning but that he came to think it "represents taking over the world".

[24] "Lucid Dreams" was followed by "Lean Wit Me" on May 22, which peaked at number 68 on the Hot 100;[33] Higgins' debut full-length album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, which included his three previous singles, released the following day.

[41] On July 20, Higgins announced his first tour, WRLD Domination, with additional acts YBN Cordae and Lil Mosey.

[44][45][46] Higgins made his late night television debut performing the song "Lucid Dreams" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

[47] On October 15, the music video for the song "Armed and Dangerous" was released[48] followed by the lead single, "Fine China", from the collaborative mixtape, Wrld on Drugs with Future.

[53] Higgins' second studio album, Death Race for Love, was released on March 8, 2019,[54] preceded by the singles "Robbery" and "Hear Me Calling".

[58] Later that year, he released other singles: "All Night" with RM and Suga of BTS,[59] "Hate Me" with Ellie Goulding,[60] "Run",[61] "Graduation" with Benny Blanco,[62] and "Bandit" with NBA YoungBoy.

[63][64] Higgins' first posthumous appearance was on Eminem's eleventh studio album Music to Be Murdered By on the track "Godzilla", released on January 17, 2020.

[71] The single "No Me Ame", a multilingual collaboration among Higgins, Jamaican record producer Rvssian and Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA, was released on April 17.

[81] The album was released on July 10, with 21 songs and four singles that Higgins' estate claims "best represents the music Juice was in the process of creating".

[97][98] On June 11, two tracks featuring Higgins were released; "Antisocial" from Migos' album Culture III, and "Can't Leave You Alone" from Maroon 5's Jordi.

[101] On November 11, Higgins' estate announced that his second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, a tie-in for the documentary film Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss, would be released on December 10.

[116] In an interview with Jay-Z, Khaled revealed that he chose to add the song to his album as a tribute to Higgins after Lil Bibby reached out to him and advocated for its inclusion.

[119] On February 4, 2023, Higgins' estate announced that his fifth and final studio album, the previously teased The Party Never Ends, was in active development.

[132][133] Billboard writer Michael Saponara claimed, "If West and his sparse 808s were a tree, it would have grown another branch with the blossoming art displayed by fellow Chicago native Juice WRLD in 2018".

[134] Higgins was among the ranks of openly vulnerable artists born from the emo rap scene inspired by West's influential fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008).

[134] His other influences included Wu-Tang Clan, Quietdrive, Fall Out Boy, Black Sabbath, the Starting Line, the Cranberries, the City Drive, 2Pac, Eminem, XXXTentacion, Kid Cudi, and Escape the Fate.

[149] Higgins himself considered the emo label to be both negative and positive as he felt music sometimes has to be a bit dark to reflect his belief that the world is not really a light or a happy place.

[150] Higgins saw the value in his position as one of very few contemporary SoundCloud artists who could compose soul-baring ballads and odes but remain comfortable freestyle rapping over classic hip hop beats.

[149] When asked for his opinion on why freestyles are no longer considered the rite of passage in hip hop culture as they once were he replied, "Stuff is just changing, that's all.

Law enforcement officers were waiting for the jet to arrive, having been notified by federal agents, while the flight was en route, that they suspected there were guns and drugs on the plane.

[162] Fellow rapper Boosie Badazz suggested that the pilot of the plane was ultimately responsible for Higgins' death, referring to him as being a snitch.

[163][164][165] In fact, Higgins had been suspected by federal authorities of illegal activity following an incident that occurred in November 2019 before he departed for Australia, which prompted a search of his plane.

[166] Badazz gave an interview threatening violence upon the pilot before later recanting, after reflecting on the dangers of young artists suddenly being overwhelmed with money.

He paid respects recognizing Juice WRLD's legacy: The lil' homie Juice WRLD died too fast (He did) He overdosed avoidin' the feds, he ain’t want that case Not ‘cause he had a drug problem, let’s get that straight 70 pounds on his jet, Ralo style (Free Ralo) I hope you heard me and the shit I said just made you smile (Ha!)

[35] Chicagoan Chance the Rapper paid tribute on Instagram: "Millions of people, not just in Chicago but around the world are hurting because of this and don't know what to make of it.

We ain't making it past 21[172] Fans and media outlets commented that he had predicted his own death, as he had died only 6 days after his twenty-first birthday.