XXXTentacion Biography

During his early teenage years, XXXTentacion had spent a year in jail due to certain activities that he got involved in. In jail, he got acquainted to rapper Ski Mask the Slump God. When they were out, they formed a group called Members Only. In 2013, he started his music career with the release of his debut song News/Flock. In 2014, he uploaded his first song in his SoundCloud account called Vice City. He also used the platform to release teasers or full versions of songs that were soon to be released or never got published.

In 2015, he released two albums Members Only Vol. 1 and Members Only Vol. 2 in collaboration with rap artist Ski Mask the Slump God. In 2016, he released the song Willy Wonka Was a Child Murderer. His song Look at Me (2016) was a hit. The song was re-released in 2017 and went on to feature in the US Billboard chart hit list. In April 2017, he released three songs on SoundCloud. In May 2017, he released his first album, Revenge, comprising of eight previously released mixtape tracks.

XXXTentacion’s final studio album Bad Vibes Forever was released posthumously in 2019. The same year, Members Only, Vol. 4 was also released.

XXX Tentacion was born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy on 23 January 1998, in Florida. He spent his childhood growing up in areas like Pompano Beach and Lauderhill in Florida. XXX Tentacion was musically inclined from childhood and was enrolled in choir. However, he disliked following notes and also got into altercations with other children which resulted in his dismissal from the choir group.

He was also known to have had a difficult relationship with his mother Cleopatra Bernard. Due to his delinquent behavior, his mother asked him to leave the house when he was a teenager. He spent the following years at his grandmother’s home and correctional home.

XXXTentacion was shot and killed on 18 June 2018 during a robbery bid in Florida. He was leaving a motorsports store when two men in a SUV shot him.

XXX Tentacion was involved in several legal issues. During his early teenage years, he used to get into fights with people whom he perceived as threat to his mother and subsequently got himself involved in several cases. He was involved in several illegal activities like possession of fire arms, theft, armed robbery, oxycodone possession, etc. for which he had spent a year in jail as well. In 2016, he was arrested thrice; the first case was for charges of robbery and aggravated battery with deadly weapon. Later that year, he was arrested once again for aggravated battery of a pregnant victim. The third time, XXX Tentacion was arrested for violating his pre-trial agreement. He was released around April 2017.

XXXTentacion was shot dead in an apparent robbery on June 18, 2018, in Broward County, Florida. According to police, he was shot and killed by two men while he was leaving a motorsports store around 4 p.m.