XXXTENTACION

Mugshot of Onfroy in December 2016

Triple X

Jah

Young Dagger Dick

Aiden Onfroy (brother)

Arianna Onfroy (sister)

Jenesis Sanchez (girlfriend)

Gekyume Onfroy (son)

## About

Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (b. January 23, 1998-June 18, 2018) known professionally by his stage name **XXXTENTACION** is a singer, rapper, and songwriter. He got into music when his mother Cleopatra Bernard signed him up into chorus at a young age. He was a violent kid, and got into fights a lot and was kicked out of middle school. Jahseh would later go to jail for armed robbery, and gun charges. His lawyer was trying to serve him as a adult which would get him 5-10 years in federal prison. However, he would meet Ski Mask in the juvenile detention center he would attend. One day in jail, he was in a cell with a gay cellmate who was looking at him while he was dressing, so he would beat him up and beforehand he told the guards if the cellmate "If he does anything I will kill him" and the guards allowed this because being gay and staring someone down naked would get a jail inmate beaten up, the gay kid would later be taken to the ER for a head injury caused by Jahseh. Jahseh would later get Ski Mask into music and he and Ski have many featured tracks together.

## Personal life

Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy was born to Cleopatra Bernard and Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy on January 23, 1998. Jahseh did everything he could at a young age to get his mothers attention because she was the one person he cared a lot. In a interview with No Jumper, he said he caught someone looking at his mom and he beat the flesh off of him as he said. His mom had it hard because he had his first kid who was Jahseh at 14 years old, which means Cleopatra is 41-years-old at the time of writing. He was a mamas boy who tried his hardest to gain his moms attention. In the same interview with No Jumper, he said he was a hard kid in school who would get into a lot of fights and he also got kicked out of middle school. He got into music when Cleopatra signed him into chorus at a young age. When he lived with his grandma, she put him into Sheridan House Family Ministries in Broward County due to him getting into deep trouble many times.

## Jailtime

He first went to jail for armed robbery, armed burglary, possession of a firearm, grand theft auto x3, armed burglary with dwelling, resisting without violence, and possession of oxycodone. During his jailtime, he would meet Ski Mask The Slump God, whos real name is Stokeley Clevon Goulbourne. His most famous jailtime was before his passing when he was falsely accused of battery on his ex-girlfriend he would later be realeased from jail. These are the most known times when he went to jail.

## Before music

He was at a convenience store and a fat-guy came out and said "FUCK EVERYONE IN THIS STORE" and the two Ski Mask and X went outside and the guy was out there, and Jah stared the guy down and slapped him and the guy came out said "What the fuck dude". He claims he isn't crazy cause he does everything with thought, and claims whoever murders and planned him is crazy. In jail, he beat up a gay boy, who was first in a cell with Ski Mask and the whole entourage with Jah said they were all not homophobic and Jah says he has many gay friends. Ski said the gay boy said he was looking at him the whole time and he claimed he would get another charge from this guy, and banging on the door to get him out of the cell. Jahseh would later be in a cell with the gay kid, and he was getting out the shower and the gay kid was staring at him while he was getting his orange jumpsuit on and afterwards beat the crap out of the gay kid and left him with a bloody head, and afterwards his mom came to talk to him and when she told her what happened she started crying because if he did one more wrong thing he could be put into adult prison and most likely be sentenced to 5-10 years.

## Death

During the afternoon of June 18, 2018, American rapper **Jahseh** **Dwayne** **Ricardo** **Onfroy**, known professionally as **XXXTentacion**, was murdered in an apparent robbery just outside RIVA Motorsports, an upscale seller of motorcycles and watercraft in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was shot multiple times in the neck and was in critical condition before being pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. At 3:30 pm he entered the shop with his uncle. The alleged murderers of XXXTENTACION is Dedrick Williams, Robert Allen, Michael Boatwright, and Tayvon Newsome, all three were sentenced to Life in Prison without the possibility of parole. The two who followed Jahseh into the store were Robert Allen and Dedrick Williams. They are recorded coming into RIVA and buying two black masks. A half an hour later, Onfroy left the dealership, entered his BMW i8 and began to drive away from the dealership. The SUV drove in front of Onfroy's car, blocking him in while Newsome and Boatwright exited the vehicle and demanded property from Onfroy. A brief struggle ensued, which resulted in Onfroy being shot multiple times in the neck by Boatwright leaving Jahseh dead at just age 20. Witnesses told police Newsome and Boatwright took a Louis Vuitton bag from Onfroy's vehicle and then ran to the black Dodge.

## Legacy

XXXTentacion's music was driven on themes revolving around depression and alienation, becoming known for his "depressing, and at times devastating" music that brought attention to mental health. He employed styles and techniques that were unconventional in hip hop during his career, such as distortion and heavy guitar-backed instrumentals drawing inspiration from third-wave emo.

Christopher Weingarten of *Rolling Stone* opined that XXXTentacion's success as "a zeitgeist-grabbing, industry-defying, boundary-destroying phenomenon" is "overshadowed" by his reported abuse of his ex-girlfriend, and the latter is the focus of his life story. Nonetheless, he contended that despite media attempts to suppress him, XXXTentacion's "impact on music will be felt for years to come" and his recordings have "helped signal a new era of post-streaming, post-genre teenagers". XXXTentacion left behind what *Rolling Stone* called "a huge musical footprint" due to his impact on his young fanbase and his popularity during his career. Given his immense influence only to die young, the article compared his cultural impact with that of Ritchie Valens and Darby Crash.

Highlighting his ambivalent public reception during his short career, *Billboard* wrote:

On June 18, 2019, exactly one year on from XXXTentacion's death, an official documentary on his life was announced; it will feature footage of Onfroy from around April 2017 telling biographical details. XXXTentacion has RIAA-certified sales of 38 million units in the US and BPI-certified sales of over 7 million units in the UK. He is also one of the Top-20 all-time best selling artists in terms of digital singles, with a total of 49 million RIAA-certified digital sales as of October 2020.