Juice WRLD’s birthday will be honored on December 2nd, 2022, by his hometown in Homewood as a new space for artist, the Homewood Brewing Company opens. Carmela Wallace, the mother of Jarad Anthony Higgins, also known as Juice WRLD, spoke out about the “Lucid Dreams” artists life, growing up in Homewood Illinois.
“He enjoyed the high school, he was in band, he had friends.” She continued, “it was like a hometown, it was really special for him.”
Juice WRLD’s mom also stated, “It made me happy to be able to give him that for his teenage years. He always came back to Homewood.”
Sadly The “All Girls Are the Same” artist passed away in 2019, days after his 21st birthday. The rapper sadly suffered a seizure at Midway airport.
Wallace along with village officials will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday Dec 2nd, on Juice WRLD’s birthday. The event takes place at the corner of Dixie Highway and Miller Court for the business, dubbed Homewood Brewing Company. The 18,000-plus-square-foot building will feature green spaces, outdoor seating, an event space and a game area.
According to the Chicago Suntimes, Wallace hopes the brewery can help catapult other local artists to the heights reached by her son. In addition, local artists will be able to showcase their work at the brewery. Wallace added that Corey Pane, who painted a mural memorializing Juice WRLD in Chicago, will create another mural outside the brewery.
“We want to provide opportunities for people that they may not have had, to get some recognition,” Wallace said.
The brewery will also create jobs for the area, Wallace said, and allow her nonprofit, Live Free 999, which she founded in honor of her son, to have a permanent place for fundraisers.
Additionally, Wallace, who has an MBA, said she’s worked in the business arena for some time. The mom and businesswoman thought opening a brewery would be a good opportunity to do something different. As well as an opportunity to apply everything she’s learned. “I’m looking forward to serving the people of Homewood.”
Live Free 999 aims to bolster organizations providing treatment for those struggling with mental health and drug use. She said, something Wallace has said her son battled.
