XXXTentacion

Born on 23^rd January 1998, Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy aka XXXTentacion was an American hip hop musician who took the rap genre of music by storm. In his relatively transient music career, XXXTentacion established himself as a great rapper with huge followers. He was also a talented singer and songwriter.

XXXTentacion started his music career in 2013 after he was released from a detention center. Most of his early songs were first uploaded on SoundCloud. X broke into the music industry with his track “Look at Me”. The song achieved a Platinum rating by the Recording Industry of America.

The controversial young rapper successfully released his debut album title 17 on 25^th August, 2017. The album quickly climbed heights and placed second on the Billboard 200, US. As if that wasn’t enough, the album received a lot of positive reviews from rap lovers for its unique lyrical style.

X’s second studio album was released on 16^th March 2018. Some top hit singles from the album included the songs “SAD!”, “Moonlight” and “Changes”.

On 18^th June 2018, XXXTentacion was shot dead by armed robbers while he was returning home from a motorcycle dealership in Florida. His third studio album was released on 18^th December 2018 (few months after his death).

The Murder of XXXTentacion

X died on June 18, 2018, at age twenty. His death brought a lot of misery to his fans and the entire music industry because it happened at the peak of his career and a time where he could have achieved a lot in life. He was shot multiple times in his neck in a robbery that occurred just outside of RIVA Motorsports. RIVA is an upscale watercraft, and motorcycles store in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

He was in critical condition when he was rushed to a nearby hospital. The authorities pronounced him dead at 5:30 pm that day.

On that fateful day, the rapper went to withdraw money at the Bank of America. He later headed to Riva Motorsports.

According to reports, he was being followed by a black SUV, with a dark tint and black wheels, on his way to the store. When he arrived at the store, he entered and began to browse through motorcycles.

After about an hour and a half, he left the store and entered his black BMW, which he parked in front of the store. He began to drive away from the store when he was blocked by the black SUV, which drove right across and parked in front of his car.

Shots Fired

Two men exited the black SUV and aggressively demanded his possessions, which included a Louis Vuitton bag. He struggled with the men for a few minutes and this resulted in him being shot multiple times in his neck. After the shots were fired at him, the men took the Louis Vuitton bag from the rapper, quickly ran, and drove off in their car.

Perpetrators

According to witnesses, the SUV contained three black males, with two of them wearing black hoodies and masks, while the other wore a red mask. The Broward County Fire Department was very quick to arrive at the scene and they rushed the rapper to the nearest health center. He was later confirmed dead by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.

Shortly after their confirmation of the rapper’s demise, the Broward County Sheriff’s office offered a bounty of $3000, for anybody who could give information that can lead to the arrest of any suspects.

22-year-old boy, Dedrick Devonshay Williams was arrested on the same day in connection with the murder case. Some employees of RIVA Motorsports identified him as a suspect to the Sheriff’s office, claiming they saw him enter the shop to buy a black mask. The Sheriff’s office later matched his image from security footage of the murder scene.

Four suspects including Williams, have so far been arrested for the murder. They are: Michael Boatwright, Robert Allen, and Treyvon Newsome. All the suspects have been indicted by a grand jury for the murder of the rapper.

X’s Girlfriend was Pregnant with his Child at the time of his death

During the time of his death, he had serious legal trouble. He was on house arrest and was awaiting a trial. His ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic violence and tampering. However, Jenesis Sanchez, his ex-girlfriend, was reportedly pregnant with his son during that time. She gave birth to the boy, seven months after the rapper’s demise.

Gekyume Onfroy is the name of the child. Gekyume was derived from a word the rapper created before his death. It means” next universe of thought” according to the rapper’s family.

A Selection of Famous Songs by XXXTentacion

• “Arms Around You”
• “Bad”
• “Changes”
• “Difference (Interlude)”
• “Don’t Cry”
• “Falling Down” 
• “Guardian Angel”
• “Jocelyn Flores“
• “Moonlight”
• “One Minute“
• “Sad”
• “Sauce!”
• “Staring at the Sky”
• “Touch Eem Body”
• “Train Food” 
• “What Are You So Afraid Of”
• “Whoa (Mind in Awe)”

More Interesting Facts/Trivia about XXXTentacion

Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy is X’s real name.

He was born to Jamaican Rastafarian father Dwayne Onfroy, and mother Cleopatra Bernard. However, he has stated in numerous interviews that he is of Indian, Jamaican, German, Egyptian, and Italian descent.

His mother became pregnant with him as a teenager and had many personal issues, which made it difficult for her to raise him fully. Onfroy’s grandmother, Collete Jones, raised him in Pompano Beach and Lauderhill, Florida.

He was a very good guitar and piano player. He learned how to play them at a six-month enrolment his mother placed him in, at the Sheridan House Family Ministries. X was also a member of both the church choir and school choir as a child. His interest in music started when he joined in the activities of the choir.

He was involved in many cases of violence in his lifetime. At the age of six, he almost stabbed a man who was trying to attack his mother. X was placed in a youth program after the incident. 

X was a real trouble maker, growing up. For example, he was expelled from his first middle school, Margate middle school, after being involved in many fights at the school.

He attended Piper High School, where he was also involved in many physical altercations and eventually dropped out in the tenth grade.

Legal Issues

In 2014, he was found guilty of gun possession charges by the court and was sent to Youth detention for a month. In 2016, he was arrested again and charged with robbery and assault of a person with a deadly weapon. He pleaded no contest to the charges and was released from jail on March 26, 2017, after posting the $10,000 bail, placed on him.

Professional Career

X released his first song, News/Flock, on SoundCloud in 2013. He formed the underground collective Members Only, in 2014, a group that is popularly known for SoundCloud rap. By 2018, the rapper had gained thousands of streams and more than two million followers on the SoundCloud app.

Look At Me, his single released in 2016, gave him a lot of fame. The song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  

17, his first album, released on August 25, 2017, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified double platinum by RIAA.

His second album, ?, released on March 16, 2018, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Sad, the lead single on the album, also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As of January 2021, the YouTube video of the song had gathered over a billion views.

His third and fourth albums, Skins and Bad Vibes were released months after his death by his record label, Bad vibes forever.

XXXTentacion died on the 18th of June, 2018, at age twenty, after being shot multiple times in his neck. At the time of his death, his pregnant ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic violence and he was awaiting trial.

Some More Popular XXXTentacion Songs

“I’m Not Human” (alongside Lil Uzi Vert)

“Willy Wonka Was a Child Murderer”

“King of the Dead”

“Danny Phantom” (alongside Trippie Redd)

“3 AM Freestyle”

“Off the Wall” (ft. Ski Mask the Slump God)

“I Changed Her Life” (ft. Rick Ross)

“School Shooters” (ft. Lil Wayne)

“Bad Vibes Forever” (ft. PnB Rock & Trippie Redd)

“HEARTEATER”

“Middle Child” (alongside PnB Rock)

“F Love”(ft. Trippie Redd)

“Hope”

“$$$” (alongside Matt Ox)

“Look At Me!”