Juice WRLD (Jarad Higgins) was a rapper who was open about his struggles with addiction, depression and anxiety. He died of a drug overdose in 2019. Many of his music videos can be read as illness narratives. This one has an ultimately upbeat message, as the protagonist goes to AA and gets sober. It begins with a "Text this number for confidential help" message onscreen. This could work in any music/popular media class to talk about health narratives or could be part of an assignment to build a play list around a topic with annotations.
Access
- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FCaPKoHR3k
Details
Language: English
Type of Story: Film or Television
Medium: video
Contributed by: Health Story Hub Team ( health-storyhub@uiowa.edu )
Citation: Juice, W. (2022). Cigarettes [Hiphop]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FCaPKoHR3k