XXXTentacion
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy
XXXTentacion is an American rapper from Plantation, Florida active since 2013.
- Profession
- Rapper, Singer, Songwriter
- From
- Plantation, Florida
- Born
- January 23, 1998
- Years active
- 2013–2018
Early life
Raised in the Broward County area around Plantation and Lauderhill, Florida, Jahseh Onfroy began uploading music to SoundCloud as a teenager.
Career
A leader of the emo-rap and SoundCloud wave, his genre-blurring songs "Look at Me!" and the number-one album "?" made him a generational figure before his murder in 2018 at age twenty.
Major achievements
His album "?" debuted at number one, and his posthumous "Skins" did the same, reflecting a vast devoted fanbase.
Legacy
XXXTentacion became a defining and controversial voice of a raw, emotionally direct strain of late-2010s rap.
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