Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, also known as the famous rapper XXXTENTACION was born on January 23, 1998, in Platom, Florida. XXXTENTACION has three siblings that were mainly raised by their grandmother due to his mother’s problems. His mom struggled financially, so he was mainly raised by his grandmother. XXXTENTACION’s father was jailed for nine years in Arizona on RICO charges (The Racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act).  After the drug enforcement office organized a sting operation later on, his father was deported back to Jamaica in late 2016. XXXTENTACION’s interest in music started when his aunt persuaded him to attend the school choir and later church choir. However, he was later kicked out because he attacked another student. XXXTENTACION began his music career in June 2013 after the release of his new song “News/Flock’. 

According to interviews, while in juvenile detention for gun possession charges, he met Stokeley Goulbourne, better known as “Ski Mask the Slump God.” The same year XXXTENTACION  and Ski Mask were released, they met up again to commit a string of home invasions. X ended up buying a Blue Snowball microphone and began recording music. XXXTENTACION uploaded his first official song, called “Vice City”, on Soundcloud. A few years later after he wrote songs and uploaded them on music apps and YouTube, a tragedy struck on June 18, 2018. 

At 3:56 P.M.upon leaving the Riva Motorsports Motorcycle and marine superstore in Deerfield Beach, Florida, he was blocked from exiting, robbed in the parking lot by two armed men in an SUV, and shot multiple times. The two shooters fled the scene in their SUV. XXXTENTACION was pronounced dead at the hospital. His death was announced by the Broward County sheriff’s office at exactly 5:30 p.m. Suspect Dedrick Devonshay Williams was arrested two days after the shooting and was charged with first-degree murder without premeditation. In the weeks following the event, three different people were arrested for their actions involved in the event, including trigger man, Michael Boatwright. An open casket service for X took place at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida on June 27, 2018, where fans were allowed to pay their respects. His private funeral took place on June 28, 2018, where rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty and singer Erykah Badu were the attendees. He was entombed in a mausoleum at Gardens of Boca Raton Memorial Park, Boca Raton, Florida.

In his will, X named his mother, Cleopatra, and brother Aiden as the sole beneficiaries of his estate. His future child, with whom his girlfriend at the time of his death was pregnant, was not named in the will as it was written before the pregnancy.

His domestic violence charges, which he was awaiting trial for, were dropped following his death.