And he just had a beautiful ability to not care what anybody was saying, to not care what anybody was thinking and give us his authentic self." The performer was shot while leaving a South Florida motorcycle shop in his luxury electric sports car in what police said was an ap...
About an hour after the shooting, he sent a text saying, “Tell my brother I got the money for the new phone.” Minutes after that, he sent someone a screenshot of a news story saying XXXTentacion had been shot. XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, had ...
On August 25, Florida rapper XXXTentacion released his debut album, 17, which entered at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The music arrived amid online debate over the criminal case against the 19-year-old, whose real name is Jahseh Onfroy. Last October, prosecutors charged him ...
Spotify’s new policy caused an uproar among fans and Kendrick Lamar, who threatened to pull his music after Spotify announced its new rules. Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith spoke to Billboard about the streaming giant’s policy, saying, “I don’t think it’s right for artists to be ...
He sent up DJ Khaled, shouting, “DJ Khaled! We the best! I didn’t do shit on this motherfucking song, but say we the best! I’m making money worldwide just for saying we the best! That’s another check! We the best!” His musings sometimes veered into darker territory. “I’...
The rapper, who pronounced his name “Ex ex ex ten-ta-see-YAWN,” was a platinum-selling rising star who tackled issues including prejudice and depression in his songs. He also drew criticism over bad behavior and multiple arrests, including charges that he severely beat and abused his ...
A June 5 feature on the rapper that appeared inMiami New Timeschronicled the hip-hop star’s rise to fame, delving deep into his unstable home life and trouble with the law. In the piece, XXX is quoted as saying that abuse allegations “can go off hearsay,” and that “women are alm...
with DJ Semtex,Drakedenied the accusations and also denied knowing X and said that he only heard about him regarding rumors circulated following the "KMT" snippet. X replied on his Twitter page requesting thatDrake"come to Florida", after X saying that he won't "twitter rap with n---"....
Ski Mask the Slump God released this track in May 2016, but the song was rereleased on X’s debut commercial mixtapeRevengeunder his name and featuring Ski. Roach was the nickname of one of X’s close friends, who was murdered in 2016. ...
a moniker that would eventually become interchangeable with his birth name. Jahseh/X committed countless atrocities with his mugshot for domestic violence acting as the cover art for his breakout single “Look at Me!” His musical legacy is defined by the violence that consumed him and those ...