Yellowcard, a punk rock band out of Florida, confirmed that they will continue to pursue a $15 million lawsuit against Juice Wrld despite his unexpected death last week.
Born Jarad Anthony Higgins, the 21-year-old rapper died on the morning of Dec. 8 after suffering a seizure at Midway International Airport in
forwp-incontent-ad1">Busch’s law firm, King & Ballow, issued the following statement to Billboard regarding the lawsuit.
“First of all, we were as shocked and saddened by Juice WRLD’s death as everyone else. It is a tragic loss to his family, his fans, and to the music world at large, and we understand why people may be confused about the decision to continue with this lawsuit. My clients are certainly torn about proceeding, and understand the optics involved. But it is important to remember that this lawsuit was filed before this tragic event, and was filed because all of the defendants (and there are 2 other writers and several music publishers and record labels), profited off of what we believe was clear copying and infringement of Yellowcard’s work,” it reads.
“So while they are absolutely aware of how this may be perceived, and truly have incredible mixed emotions, the question is whether it is fair that all of those many parties profited, and will continue to profit, off of what my client’s believe strongly was their work,” it continues.
The lawsuit will attempt to prove the late rapper knew of the Yellowcard song, which was released when he was 7-years-old.
According to reports, FBI agents were confiscating drugs and guns from Juice Wrld’s private jet when the rapper had a seizure. The Police search turned up 41 bags of suspected marijuana and six prescription bottles of suspected liquid codeine. Following his death, his mom said her son suffered from drug addiction
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