XXXTENTACION

XXXTENTACIONEarly life. Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy was born on January 23, 1998, in Plantation, Florida, toJamaican parents, Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy and Cleopatra Eretha Dreena Bernard.XXXTentacionstatedhe had Egyptian, Syrian, Indian and possibly Italian ancestry in an interview on The Beat in 2017The Complete History of XXXTentacion's Controversial CareerOver the past two years, the late rapper XXXTentacion (real name Jahseh Onfroy) had experienced atumultuous but relatively rapid rise to success, punctuated by serious legal issues and disturbing acts ofviolence. He signed a record deal rumored to be worth a whopping $6 million despite a video thatsurfaced showing XXX hitting a fan in the head with a microphone at the Rolling Loud Festival inMountain View, California. Atthe time of his murder in June 2018, he was also awaiting trialfor a 2016 domestic-abuse case, in which he was charged with aggravated battery of a pregnant woman,domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and witness tampering. Taking in the full scopeof these events is difficult and overwhelming, so we've compiled a timeline to try to make sense of thesituation.Pre-20141998–2011:XXXTentacion grew up in Pompano Beach and Lauderhill in South Florida. He livedwith his mother, who he said "had it hard," and sometimes with his grandmother. "My mom was just insituations where she couldn't take care of me," he said in an interview on theNo Jumperpodcast.From a very young age, he got involved in violent situations. "I've been fighting since I was a kid," hesaid. When he was 6, he tried to stab a man who was "messing" with his mother. He was also expelledfrom his first middle school for fighting.In his early teenage years, he developed a passion for music. He was drawn to nu-metal and hard rock aswell as rap, and tried to teach himself how to play the guitar and the piano. In middle school, he said hisaunt and mother tried to encourage this interest by signing him up for chorus, but he eventually gotkicked out of the program for punching a classmate.2012–2014:XXXTentacion attends high school at Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida, beforedropping out in the tenth grade. Around this time, he says, he recorded and released a song, but there isno record of it online.Sometime in 2013–2014, XXXTtentacion spends around nine months to a year in a juvenile-detentioncenter for a gun possession charge. During this time he meets fellow rapper Ski Mask the Slump God.After being released, the two go on to collaborate on several projects.2014–15$5 a month XXXTentacion had faced a variety of legal issues throughout his lifetime, most notably the controversy that arose from the battery charges which were levied against him in 2016 when he was 18 years old.[23][24] XXXTentacion's history of legal issues and alleged violence has been described by some as defining his legacy, while others have criticized the media's portrayal of him, saying that his perceived improvements in character later in life have made his legacy into a tale of the power of second chances and redemption.[25][26][27][28]

On June 18, 2018, XXXTentacion, age 20, was murdered when he was shot near a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The attackers fled the scene in an SUV after stealing his Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000 in cash. Four suspects were arrested and charged with first-degree murder among other charges. No trial date has been set for the accused and the motive for the killing remains under investigation.[29] In August 2022, one of the four men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for testimony against the other three defendants.[30]

XXXTentacion has RIAA-certified sales of 61 million units in the US and BPI-certified sales of over 7 million units in the UK, bringing his total to 68 million certified records sold in the two countries. Since his death, he has won an American Music Award and a BET Hip Hop Award and received 11 Billboard Music Award nominations.[31] Two posthumous albums were released, Skins (2018) and Bad Vibes Forever (2019); the former became his second number-one album on the Billboard 200, while the latter entered the top 5.Gary Trock; Melissa Parrelli (July 2, 2018). "XXXTentacion Private Funeral Featured Police Protection". The Blast. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.

^ 1035 TheBeat (March 29, 2017). "XXXTentacion Calls Out Drake In His First Interview After Jail!". Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2018 – via YouTube.

^ "Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy Certificate of Death" (PDF).

^ Reiss 2020, pp. 203–204.

^ "XXXTentacion's Son Gekyume Onfroy Is Born". Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

^ a b Amorosi, A.D. (January 28, 2022). "XXXTentacion's Manager and Producer Talk SoundCloud Reissues and the Long-Delayed Documentary". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

^ Guan, Frank (March 28, 2018). "SoundCloud Rap Has Its First No. 1 Album — Now What?". Vulture. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

^ a b Caramanica, Jon (June 18, 2018). "XXXTentacion, Rapper Accused of Violent Crimes, Shot Dead at 20". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (June 19, 2018). "We've Only Begun to Understand XXXTentacion's Musical Legacy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

^ Atkinson, Katie (October 16, 2018). "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.

^ Kornhaber, Spencer (March 26, 2018). "The Unsettling Familiarity of XXXTentacion". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 14, 2022.

^ a b "About XXXTentacion". YouTube.

^ a b c "UCM9r1xn6s30OnlJWb-jc3Sw Monthly YouTube Statistics - Socialblade.com". socialblade.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

^ a b "Here's the First Look at XXXTentacion's New Gaming Channel – XXL". XXL Mag. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

^ "Juice WRLD, Lil Peep and XXXTentacion are symbols of a scene that trades off tragedy". December 13, 2019.

^ a b "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

^ a b Turner, David (June 1, 2017). "Look At Me!: The Noisy, Blown-Out SoundCloud Revolution Redefining Rap". Music (Features). Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

^ "XXXTentacion's 'Sad!' Vaults From No. 52 to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Following Rapper/Singer's Death". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

^ "XXXTENTACION - SAD! - YouTube". YouTube. March 2, 2018. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

^ "XXXTENTACION - SAD! (Official Music Video)". YouTube. June 28, 2018. Archived from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

^ "SAD! - Spotify". Spotify. March 16, 2018.

^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

^ a b "XXXTentacion's domestic abuse trial delayed". The Guardian. September 29, 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

^ a b "XXXTentacion's Reported Victim Details Grim Pattern of Abuse in Testimony | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. September 8, 2017. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.

^ a b c d e f Wolfson, Sam (June 19, 2018). "XXXTentacion: a hyperfast life of trauma, endured and inflicted". Culture. The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018. His ex-girlfriend detailed the most horrendous abuse in court documents and press interviews. He will be remembered mostly for the unusually cruel violence he committed on vulnerable people, particularly his ex-girlfriend, crimes for which he never expressed remorse. His music