A mugshot of Jahseh Onfroy. The image was used as cover art, for the song "Look At Me"

The Beginning

Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy was brought into this world on January 23, 1998. He was born in the city of Plantation, Florida to Jamaican parents. He was born with a ventricular septal defect. His mother was a teen mom at 17 years old. The since parted couple shared custody of Jahseh, but his father was often in and out of his life, providing no financial support and only visiting usually on the weekends or holidays. Due to his single mothers struggles, he was primarily raised by his grandparents and caretakers.

Tragedy and trauma

“My mom was just in situations where she couldn't take care of me,” he said in an interview on the No Jumper podcast. His violent behaviors had started at a very young age. By the age of 6 years old, he had tried to stab a man for "messing" with his mother. He was placed in a youth program after the event, and he officially lived with his grandmother. A source close to the family had claimed the event had never happened, it could not be verified from police report due to him being a minor. Trauma and domestic abuse experts have otherwise said the story was unlikely to be fabricated or untrue.

At a young age, Jahseh had found his uncle after he committed suicide by hanging, he even references them in many of soon to be made songs. It was alluded that Jahseh was sexually abused as a child, as well as witnessing rape and physical torture. His father beat him routinely, as well as tried to beat Cleopatra (his mother) in front of him.

Things got worse for 10 year old Jahseh when his father was imprisoned for almost 10 years due to drug related RICO charges. He began initiating constant fights and brawls, leading to his expulsion of almost every single school he attended. He was forcefully enrolled into Sheridan House Family Ministries by his mother for over six months.

Interests

Jahseh had developed a passion for music. His mother and aunt also encouraged his interest in music by having him attend church choir and also enrolling him in a choir class. He was kicked out of the program for punching a classmate.

After his stay at the Sheridan House Family Ministries, He found particular interest in the genres of nu-metal, rap, hip-hop and hard rock.

He was heavily influenced by Tupac Shakur and bands like Papa Roach.

After Jahseh's official diagnosis of bipolar disorder at the age of 13 years old, His mother, Cleopatra offered him a deal to get him to stay in school, taking him to proper studio sessions on the weekend to practice his passion in music, which didn't last long. He dropped out of school in the 10th grade. Despite his regular engagement in physical confrontations, and being "popular" in school, Jahseh claims he was a quiet kid. He was not athletic due to his heart condition he was born with, he was unable to grow past 5''6, and found himself insecure and depressed while attending high school.

Music career

Jahseh Onfroy experimented with releasing songs on soundcloud, and eventually went by the alias "XXXTENTACION". Tentación meaning "temptation" in Spanish. Many fans refer to him as "XXX" or "X". His music had inspired many artists including "Trippie Redd" and "Juice Wrld" into channeling similar aesthetics to his in their own music. Many people enjoy his music due to the variety of genres he experiments with. He had a mixture of lo-fi elements, emo rap, R&B, and had experimented with metal and often had loud vocals and distorted heavy bass in his music that excited and hyped up their listeners.

Juice Wrld and Trippie Redd together throwing up middle fingers

"He began writing music after being released from a juvenile detention center and soon started his music career on SoundCloud in 2013, employing styles and techniques that were unconventional in rap music such as distortion and heavy guitar-backed instrumentals, drawing inspiration from third-wave emo and grunge. In 2014, he formed the underground collective Members Only and alongside other members of the collective soon became a popular figure in SoundCloud rap, a trap music scene that takes elements of lo-fi music and harsh 808s. XXXTentacion gained mainstream attention with the single "Look at Me". His debut album 17 (2017) is certified triple-platinum in the US and reached number two on the Billboard 200. His second album ? (2018) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and is certified quintuple-platinum in the US. Its lead single, "Sad!", posthumously reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and had amassed more than 1.2 billion views on YouTube and 2.1 billion streams on Spotify by February 2024, as well as being certified Diamond by the RIAA in August 2021"

One of his songs, "Jocelyn Flores". In the song he references his own suicidal thoughts as well as his uncle's suicide.

Crimes

Possession

In 2012, at 15 years old Onfroy was arrested for possessing 21 grams of marijuana which is a felony in Florida law. He got a month of juvi, and then 6 months in a behavior corrections facility. Shortly after the release, he broke into a home to steal a laptop; to create music. He was arrested again.

"Recolored" 1st mugshot of Jahseh Onfroy

Stabbing and robberies

In 2016, Jahseh very narrowly avoided an assault and theft charge.

Dylan "Tablez" Turner, former manager of XXXTENTACION and Ski Mask The Slump God became a victim of their drama. One night Tablez and Ski Mask got into a heated argument, which lead to Ski mask storming out. Ski Mask called X while intoxicated and claimed Tablez had stole thousands of dollars from him. In an outrage, days later, X and other broke into Turner's apartment.

"What if I stab you? What if I fucking stab you?" while poking the knife towards Tablez's stomach, stopping just a few inches short and then pulling back. Jahseh exclaimed "Oh fuck" after the stabbing, leading Dylan to not know if Jahseh even meant to stab him. The rapper and others fled the location, taking his laptop with him.

Tablez was left with lifechanging injuries and required emergency surgery. Tablez dropped the charges after Jahseh returned the laptop, and apologizing.

On July 14, 2016 just days after the stabbing incident, Jahseh was charged with robbery, home invasion and assault with a deadly weapon. He robbed a home with 3 other people. He was relocated to several different counties to find a prosecutor that would charge him as an adult, and they succeeded. He was released on a 10k bond in September of that year and pleaded no contest to the charges, he walked away with six years of probation.

Domestic violence and witness tampering

That same year, in October while awaiting trial, Jahseh was arrested again with charges of false imprisonment, domestic battery and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman. The charges were supposed to take place early 2017, but it kept getting pushed back, further and further. It was delayed again after his ex girlfriend, Geneva Ayala filed an affidavit and asked for his charges to be "completely dropped"

Jahseh then posted to his Instagram the details of his court date and apologized to his followers.

Onfroy pleaded not guilty on December 14, 2017. It was confirmed on December 20, 2017, that Onfroy was being released on house arrest. Onfroy was released from house arrest on March 21, 2018.

Details of the abuse, rephrased from the court case testimony

Details of the abuse from a livestream by his ex girlfriend while she was intoxicated

In this "secret recording" x goes into violent details of what he would do to her because she cheated on him while he was in jail

More crimes, controversies and questionable incidents

Video of an assault and live stream from a girl he allegedly assaulted when he was 16 and later sued for defamation

https://www.tmz.com/2018/04/10/xxxtentacion-girl-hit-video-lawsuit-sues-fraud-defamation/

Video of fighting a fan outside of a concert, the audio was later sampled in the song "YUNG BRATZ"

Video of him punching a fan back who "snaked him" while crowd surfing.

Video of X punching a fan in the face for grabbing him

The ending of his life

"At 3:56 p.m EDT on June 18, 2018, Onfroy, upon leaving Riva Motorsports Motorcycle & Marine Superstore in Deerfield Beach, Florida, was blocked from exiting the parking lot by a black Dodge Journey SUV in a premeditated attack. Two armed men exited the SUV and approached the rapper while he was sitting in the driver's seat. A brief struggle occurred and the armed men reached inside Onfroy's vehicle, stole a small Louis Vuitton bag containing US$50,000 and shot Onfroy multiple times. The shooters fled the scene in their SUV. Onfroy was taken by paramedics to the nearby Broward Health North hospital in Deerfield Beach, where he was pronounced dead"

Surveillance footage of the murder

Jahseh Onfroy's dead body in his vehicle

Body cam footage of the crime scene

Certification of death

Jahseh Onfroy's autopsy results which were released just 5 DAYS AGO

"An autopsy after Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy's murder revealed a colon that was 5-6 inches in diameter and 8-9 feet long. A normal colon is only 2-3 inches in diameter and 4-5 feet long. The autopsy also revealed stool that had been in the colon for 4-5 months and would have certainly presented a tremendous toxic load on the rapper's physiology." This same autopsy performed after Onfroy's death purportedly revealed that the rapper's colon weighed 82 pounds at the time of his death. 77 pounds of this was dried fecal matter and only 5 pounds was living tissue. Allegedly, this extreme constipation was a result of his drug usage, particularly opioids. A close friend of Onfroy, who goes by the moniker "Kid Trunks", has claimed that Onfroy possessed very little control over his bowels, and would often accidentally defecate himself around him."

https://old.reddit.com/r/XXXTENTACION/comments/uh5mml/xs_autopsy/?sort=controversial

His murderers

Dedrick Williams, 22; Michael Boatwright, 22; and Trayvon Newsome, 20 Were the men formally charged for the first degree murders and robbery of Jahseh Onfroy and they will spend the rest of their lives in Florida prison.

Although Jahseh Onfroy, XXXTENTACION was known for being a violent, controversial man, he was also an artist who created amazing music. Many of his top songs reach in the billions of plays. His depressive yet uplifting music has inspired many, comforted many, and even saved the lives of many. He was not a great person, but almost everyone around him still believed he was a good man, and he wanted to desperately change his ways. He created very enjoyable music that millions of people listen to every month, including myself. I refused to listen to his music, and claimed to dislike him; until after his death, I really got into listening to it. I do not respect his actions, nor do I respect the damage he has done to people. I will however pay my respects, his death was tragic, and I would have loved to see him improve as a person and change his ways. May Jahseh Onfroy rest in peace. Please keep disrespectful comments specifically regarding his race out of the comments, please and thank you.

Funeral clips:

Full documentary on X:

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXTentacion#Juvenile_charges

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/shocking-video-showing-killing-of-rapper-xxxtentacion-played-at-suspects-murder-trial/2969093/

https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxtara-mahadevan/xxxtentacion-prosecutors-reviewing-old-video-of-him-hitting-a-girl

https://pitchfork.com/news/xxxtentacion-appears-to-hit-woman-in-video-footage-prosecutors-reviewing-report/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/xxxtentacion-video-punch-woman-head-domestic-violence-trial-charges-rapper-a8277371.html

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-are-xxxtentacions-parents-now/

https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/a-complete-timeline-xxxtentacions-controversial-career.html

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/xxxtentacion-career-timeline-8461690/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65212838