XXXTentacion

XXXTentacion
XXX's mugshot in October 2016, later used as the cover of his single "Look at Me!"
Born	Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (1998-01-23)January 23, 1998 Plantation, Florida, U.S.
Died	June 18, 2018(2018-06-18) (aged 20) Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder (Gunshot Wounds)
Resting place	Gardens of Boca Raton Memorial Park Boca Raton, Florida[1]
Other names	X XXX Triple X Young Dagger Dick[2]
Occupations	Rapper singer songwriter
Musical career
Genres	SoundCloud rap[3][4][5] emo rap[3] hip hop[5][6][7] lo-fi[8]
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano drums
Years active	2013–2018
Labels	Bad Vibes Forever Caroline Empire Capitol
Formerly of	Members Only
Website	xxxtentacion.com
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Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion (/ˌɛksˌɛksˌɛksˌtɛntɒˈsjoʊn/) (sometimes stylized as xxxtentacion or XXXTENTACION^[9] and referred to colloquially as X),^[10] was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

Born in Plantation, Florida, Onfroy spent most of his childhood in Lauderhill. His parents are Jamaican. He began writing music after being released from a juvenile detention center^[11] and released his first song on SoundCloud in June 2013, titled "News/Flock".^[12] He was a popular figure in SoundCloud rap, a trap scene that takes elements of lo-fi music and harsh 808s.^[13][14][15]

He released his first album, 17, on August 25, 2017. Onfroy's second album, ?, was released on March 16, 2018. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Its singles "Sad!", "Changes" and "Moonlight" all reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.

On June 18, 2018, he was shot to death at the age of 20 in his car after he was robbed at a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida.^[16]

1. ↑ "XXXTentacion Private Funeral Featured Police Protection". The Blast. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
2. ↑ 1035 TheBeat (March 29, 2017). "XXXTentacion Calls Out Drake In His First Interview After Jail!" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Amorosi, A.D. (January 28, 2022). "XXXTentacion's Manager and Producer Talk SoundCloud Reissues and the Long-Delayed Documentary". Variety. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
4. ↑ Guan, Frank (March 28, 2018). "SoundCloud Rap Has Its First No. 1 Album — Now What?". Vulture. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Caramanica, Jon (June 18, 2018). "XXXTentacion, Rapper Accused of Violent Crimes, Shot Dead at 20". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
6. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (June 19, 2018). "We've Only Begun to Understand XXXTentacion's Musical Legacy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
7. ↑ 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.
8. ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer (March 26, 2018). "The Unsettling Familiarity of XXXTentacion". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
9. ↑ "Xxxtentacion - feat. Yung Bans & Ski Mask "The Slump God" - ILOVEITWHENTHEYRUN".
10. ↑ "No Jumper – The Xxxtentacion Interview". YouTube. April 27, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
11. ↑ Weinstein, Max (April 22, 2017). "The Break Presents: Ski Mask The Slump God – XXL". News. XXL. Townsquare Media. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018. Born near the Swap Shop in Deepside, a rough area that's a part of Broward County, Ski met X[XXTentacion] when the two were in a juvenile detention center [ ... ] When they both got out, Ski started a group called Very Rare and brought X into the fold. Soon after that, X started Members Only, and it was on from there.
12. ↑ Welk, Brian (June 18, 2018). "5 Things to Know About Rapper XXXTentacion, From Feuds With Drake to Legal Trouble". TheWrap. The Wrap News. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018. XXXTentacion released his first track 'News/Flock' onto the music streaming service SoundCloud in 2013.
13. ↑ Guan, Frank (March 28, 2018). "SoundCloud Rap Has Its First No. 1 Album — Now What?". Soundcloud Rap. Vulture. New York Media. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018. Despite mounting controversy, XXXTentacion has SoundCloud rap's first No. 1 album. [ ... ] XXXTentacion, the sole SoundCloud rapper who's proven himself versatile in terms of genre and tone—East Coast boom-bap lyricism, nü-metal screaming, acoustic ballads, Weeknd-ish R&B, forays into EDM and Latin music—is facing the prospect of prolonged imprisonment, which would put an end to all experimentation.
14. ↑ Caramanica, Jon (June 22, 2017). "The Rowdy World of Rap's New Underground". Arts (Music). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
    Breihan, Tom (July 26, 2017). "SoundCloud Rap Is Thriving While SoundCloud Is Dying". Status Ain't Hood. Stereogum. Eldridge Industries. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018. But the whole SoundCloud rap tag probably best applies to a rangy mob of South Florida rap kids, raspy and forbidding stylistic descendants of SpaceGhostPurrp and Denzel Curry. [ ... ] The most prominent of them is XXXtentacion, the risible figure who went to jail for beating up his pregnant girlfriend and who seems to incite massive brawls at all his shows.
15. ↑ Turner, David (June 1, 2017). "Look At Me!: The Noisy, Blown-Out SoundCloud Revolution Redefining Rap". Music (Features). Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
16. ↑ "Police reveal how XXXTentacion's killers tracked rapper in final moments before fatal shooting". The Independent. June 23, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2022.