"He was in a constant battle with his inner demons, which we all are, and finally gained the power to defeat them." On Thursday morning (June 28), the video for XXXTentacion’s “SAD!” song left viewers ...
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Rapper XXXTentacion has released a new music video 10 days after he was shot and killed in a suspected robbery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The official video for XXXTentacion's "SAD!" was released ...
Notorious B.I.G. once said “you’re nobody till somebody kills you,” and the lyric appears to ring true for the late XXXTentacion. The recently-deceased Florida rapper was murdered on June 18, and his ...
Just one day after his death, XXXTentacion's fans helped the rapper break a Spotify record held by Taylor Swift. On June 19, X's "Sad!" racked up 10.4 million streams in one day, breaking Swift's ...
Before his recent death, XXXTentacion’s biggest hit, “SAD!,” peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, back in March. After his passing, however, the song experienced some newfound popularity and ...
Streams of rapper XXXTentacion's single "SAD!" have dipped 17% per day in the week since the song was removed from certain Spotify playlists, Billboard reports. If the rate of decline persists, the ...
With over a thousand people and several artists gathered at Sunrise, Fla.'s BB&T Center for XXXTentacion's open-casket public memorial today (June 27), the slain rapper's Instagram shared a release ...
LOS ANGELES -- A song by the late rapper XXXTentacion has topped the Billboard 100 chart a week after his death. The song "Sad!" moved from No. 52 to No. 1. That makes it the first posthumous No.1 ...
It’s the biggest leap to the top by a just-deceased artist ever. We don’t have that issue anymore. And the result—after a week of morbid curiosity coupled with genuine, rabid fandom—is a new Billboard ...
XXXTentacion’s music video for his song “Sad!” was posthumously released Thursday — a day after the late rapper’s memorial service was held in Florida. A chilling photo was posted on the slain ...
Before his death, XXXTentacion filmed a chilling music video that features him attending his own funeral. The official video for his hit song “Sad!” was released Thursday and has already surpassed 28 ...