The Murder of XXXTentacion

Trigger Warning: Mention of Suicide, Domestic Violence, and Allegations of Sexual Assault.

Daisya Spencer
6 min readFeb 15, 2023

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Photo Credit: Rap Wiki

XXXTentacion was not someone I ever listened to and was never familiar with (if anything, I was extremely hesitant to create a post about him for many reasons). But after his murder, I quickly realized how much of a following he had. But then some despised him and his many actions. But who was the controversial rapper? Where did he begin before he obtained a cult following?

Who Was The Famous Rapper?

Photo Credit of Onfroy With His Father, Dwayne: Capital Xtra

Born Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, the future rapper, to Dwayne Onfroy and Cleopatra Bernard on January 23rd, 1998, in Florida. However, his grandmother primarily raised him, and his relationship with his father was not great and seemingly nonexistent as Dwayne was abusive towards Onfroy. There seemed to be a trouble throughout his childhood as he witnessed his Uncle’s body hanging after he committed suicide. And when he was a child, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Jahseh’s father currently lives in his native Jamaica after being deported from the U.S. after being jailed for nine years…

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Daisya Spencer

27-year-old lover of true crime, but will occasionally write about anything else that interests me. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DejSpence96