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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 13492" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Juice-WRLD-Fortnite.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="Juice WRLD Fortnite" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageJuice WRLD was a <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/juice-wrld-impacted-gaming-community/" target="_blank">well-known gamer</a> in his life; fans know he was tapped in with Faze Clan, regularly expressed his love for games, and even <a href="https://uproxx.com/hiphop/juice-wrld-hear-me-calling-video/" target="_blank">paid homage to classic games with his music</a> throughout his career, including on the Twisted Metal-inspired cover of his <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/juice-wrld-death-race-for-love-album-review/" target="_blank">Death Race For Love</a> album. Likewise, the gaming community reciprocated his love, with streamers regularly playing his music and expressing their grief for his death in 2018. Now, it appears the late rapper could receive one of the ultimate honors, being put into one of the most popular modern games as a player skin.Juice’s former manager, Peter Jideonwo, posted a video to social media that has since circulated on Twitter via hip-hop-focused accounts saying that he is currently in talks with Epic Games, the publisher of the popular shooter game Fortnite, to get the rapper into the game. “(We) really need Juice WRLD in Fortnite,” he said. “We’ve been trying our hardest, and that’s also a work in progress… It would be cool because everyone in Fortnite loves Juice and ‘Come And Go’ was a huge hit in Fortnite. I think it fits. So if y’all wanna go hit up Epic Games and Fortnite, y’all should definitely do that too.”A photo of a purported player skin representing Juice WRLD has been circulating since, with fans speculating that the rapper could be joining the game soon, but apparently, the photo in question is just fan-made concept art. Should Juice join the game, he’ll be the third rapper after <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-fortnite-skin-leak/" target="_blank">Travis Scott</a> and Anderson .Paak, who was added as part of the duo <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/silk-sonic-joins-fortnite/" target="_blank">Silk Sonic</a> alongside his groupmate Bruno Mars. Last year, the game also <a href="https://uproxx.com/edge/lebron-james-fortnite-skin-playable-character/" target="_blank">added LeBron James</a> as a playable skin.Meanwhile, another rapper was recently added to a different popular shooter; Snoop Dogg, who previously collaborated with Call Of Duty to provide his voice, will be <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/snoop-dogg-in-call-of-duty/" target="_blank">added to three of the franchise’s current games</a> as an operator with special equipment.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/juice-wrld-fortnite-playable-character/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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