The late rapper Juice WRLD's legacy lives on through his music, and his fans can look forward to a new posthumous album in 2024, according to his mother, Carmela Wallace.
Wallace, who is the executor of his estate, told XXL that she is working closely with his manager, Lil Bibby, to deliver a quality project that will honor her son's memory and talent.
The album, titled The Party Never Ends, will be the third posthumous release from Juice WRLD, who died in 2019 from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 21.
Wallace said that Lil Bibby, whose real name is Brandon Dickinson, is putting a lot of effort and love into the album, and that he wants everything to be perfect.
She also urged fans to stop leaking Juice WRLD's unreleased music, as it affects the release process and disrespects his work.
She said: "So, it's coming and people should stop stealing music. I just have to throw that in there, too, because that messes up things as well. People want stuff they haven't heard, but, you know, that's an issue.
"But he's working through it and it's coming soon and it's a work of love. I think he's proud of the progress he's making on it, but it's going to be great. So, they just have to be just a little patient and let it go through the process, but it's coming soon."
The Party Never Ends was originally planned to be released in 2023, but it was delayed after some of Juice WRLD's music was leaked online.
Lil Bibby, who signed Juice WRLD to his label Grade A Productions in 2017, expressed his frustration and threatened to cancel the album in a direct message to a Twitter user who shared the leaks.
He wrote: "These leaks is getting out of hand. I Hope all the fans are happy, the party never ends might be canceled if all this shit leaks."
Despite the setbacks, Wallace is hopeful that the album will be ready in 2024, and that it will showcase Juice WRLD's versatility and creativity.
Juice WRLD, whose real name was Jarad Higgins, was one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation, blending hip-hop, emo, and pop genres.
He had four albums that sold over 500,000 units each in 2022, making him the first artist to achieve that feat in a single year.
His previous posthumous albums, Legends Never Die (2020) and Fighting Demons (2021), were both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, topping the Billboard 200 chart and spawning several hit singles.
