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XXXTentacion

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.

XXXTentacion
Mugshot of XXXTentacion in 2016
XXXTentacion's mugshot in October 2016, later used as the cover of the single "Look at Me!"
Born
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy

(1998-01-23)January 23, 1998
Plantation, Florida, U.S.
DiedJune 18, 2018(2018-06-18) (aged 20)
Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.
Cause of deathmultiple Gunshot wounds to the neck
Resting placeGardens of Boca Raton Memorial Park
Boca Raton, Florida[1]
Other names
  • X
  • XXX
  • Triple X
  • Young Dagger Dick[2]
Occupation
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • drums
Years active2013–2018
Labels
Associated acts
Websitexxxtentacion.com

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 debut 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, with its singles "Sad!", "Changes" and "Moonlight" all reaching the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.

He has one child.

He singed on Noah Cyrus' 2017 single "Again".

Discography

Albums

XXXTentacion released 2 studio albums and one posthumous album:

Year Album
2017 17
2018 ?
2018 Skins*
  • (*) albums and songs were released posthumously (after death).

Murder

On June 18, 2018, Onfroy went to a bank to withdraw some money before heading to a motor sports store. As he was leaving the store, a black SUV blocked his car from leaving the parking lot. Two men stepped out of the SUV and started fighting Onfroy. The men stole a Louis Vuitton bag from Onfroy's car, then they shot him a few times in the neck. Paramedics took Onfroy to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

References

  1. ↑ Gary Trock, Melissa Parrelli (July 2, 2018). "XXXTentacion Private Funeral Featured Police Protection". The Blast. Retrieved July 9, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ↑ 1035 TheBeat (March 29, 2017). "XXXTentacion Calls Out Drake In His First Interview After Jail!" – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Amorosi, A.D. (28 January 2022). XXXTentacion's Manager and Producer Talk SoundCloud Reissues and the Long-Delayed Documentary. Variety. https://variety.com/2022/music/news/xxxtentacion-soundcloud-reissues-documentary-1235166483/. Retrieved 14 February 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 (18 June 2018). "XXXTentacion, Rapper Accused of Violent Crimes, Shot Dead at 20". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html. Retrieved 14 February 2022. 
  6. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher R. (19 June 2018). We've Only Begun to Understand XXXTentacion's Musical Legacy. Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weve-only-begun-to-understand-xxxtentacions-musical-legacy-665891/. Retrieved 14 February 2022. 
  7. ↑ Atkinson, Katie (October 16, 2018). Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8480295/2018-bet-hip-hop-awards-winners-list. Retrieved April 11, 2019. 
  8. ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer (26 March 2018). The Unsettling Familiarity of XXXTentacion. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/xxxtentacion-question-mark-album-allegations/556172/. Retrieved 14 February 2022. 
  9. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/jahseh-onfroy/ft-yung-bans-ski-mask-the-slump-god-iloveitwhentheyrun
  10. ↑ No Jumper – The Xxxtentacion Interview. YouTube. April 27, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV7Q2teRLPc. 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). https://www.thewrap.com/xxxtentacion-things-to-know-rapper-drake-legal-troubles/. 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?". Vulture (New York Media). https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/xxxtentacion-no-1-album-explained.html. 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". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/arts/music/soundcloud-rap-lil-pump-smokepurrp-xxxtentacion.html. Retrieved June 21, 2018. 
    Breihan, Tom (July 26, 2017). "SoundCloud Rap Is Thriving While SoundCloud Is Dying". Stereogum (Eldridge Industries). https://www.stereogum.com/1953958/soundcloud-rap-is-thriving-while-soundcloud-is-dying/franchises/status-aint-hood/. 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". Rolling Stone (Jann Wenner). ISSN 0035-791X . https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/look-at-me-the-noisy-soundcloud-revolution-changing-rap-w485101. Retrieved June 21, 2018. 


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