Biography of XXXTentacion

XXXtentacion (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018) was a musician and rapper. He was born in Plantation, Florida, United States. His birth name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy. He grew up in a dysfunctional household of Jamaican parents where there was a lot of turmoil. Since childhood, he had behavior problems and was very violent. At the age of six, he threatened and hurt another boy with a knife. His mother was not able to take care of him and he was raised by his grandmother, whom he considered his mother. He never had good grades in school and was not fond of attending. From a young age, he had a great passion for music. The main artists who influenced his life and career were Kurt Cobain, Papa Roach, Cage The Elephant, and even Coldplay.

As he entered adolescence, he had several legal problems due to fights, armed robbery, possession of oxycodone, possession of a firearm, and resisting arrest. So, he was sent to a youth prison in South Florida, there his behavior did not change, on the contrary, it worsened more. He brutally beat a homosexual man who was also behind bars, a story that he later recounted in an interview without any remorse. While in prison, he met Stokeley Clevon Goulhorne. They both began to make rap songs. From that moment on, he began to get tattoos, there are several tattoos that had a lot of meaning for him and others he just put on his skin out of preference.

During that period, he named himself XXXTentacion, he signed all the lyrics he composed with this pseudonym. In 2014, the American rapper began publishing songs on the music platform SoundClulb. By the end of the following year, he released “Look at Me,” a song that gradually climbed to the top of the Billboard charts. His name became viral after being accused of home robbery, the artist declared himself innocent of the charges and received conditional release. But the controversy did not end there, it was later revealed that he had assaulted his girlfriend, Geneva Ayala. The young woman told the newspaper that Onfroy had threatened to attack her with a fork and wire barbecue brush.

During the summer of 2016, she was forced to stay with him and during that time, she received all kinds of abuse, threats, torture, and humiliations. Later, she discovered that she was pregnant with the rapper and the situation of violence did not change. The young woman decided to file a complaint and he was accused of aggravated assault on a pregnant woman, domestic abuse by strangulation, illegal detention, and manipulation of witnesses. Despite this, and the evidence, he denied the accusation and declared himself innocent. Although it was a national news and the young woman’s statements occupied the front pages of magazines, his followers showed their support and this did not impede the rapper’s rise. He also had the support of rap stars such as Danny Brown and A$SP Rocky. Meanwhile, the rapper went from jail to house arrest.

This reprehensible behavior was exposed on covers such as Freshman Class, where the question was raised about continuing his career as if nothing had happened. Music critic Tom Breihan stated that he should not receive any more support. Later, it was known that he did not respect the conditions of his conditional release, instead living in a $1.4 million mansion with luxuries such as a BMW. He was also frequently throwing parties. The rapper stated that these accusations would not affect or end his successful music career.

This controversial, eccentric and tumultuous life ended with a burst of shots. The first news was published by The Washington Post, it is known that two attackers intercepted the 20-year-old rapper when he was buying motorcycles at a dealership in Deerfield Beach on June 18, 2018. The police have suggested that the shooting may have been an attempted robbery, but the culprits were not captured.

Days later, after conducting several investigations, the police found Robert Allen, 22 years old, guilty. He was seen around the site minutes before the attack. Similarly, Dedrick D. Williams was found as a suspect and later charged with manslaughter. The police continue to clarify the facts. In the meantime, hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to the rapper who died minutes after arriving at the hospital. His mother expressed that her son had left her a gift; his grandson who was on the way.