Who was XXXTentacion, did he confess to assaulting his ex girlfriend and what was the rapper’s cause of death?
RAPPER XXXTentacion was shot and killed in Miami, Florida, as he left a motorcycle dealership in June 2018.
But who was the rapper and why was he such a controversial figure?
Who was XXXTentacion?
Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy was born on January 23, 1998, and raised in Lauderhill, Florida.
His rapper alias was XXXTentacion.
This stage name was pronounced X-X-X-tentacion - which was inspired by the Spanish word for temptation, tentación.
He was of Egyptian, Indian, German, Jamaican and Italian descent and had previously never revealed his age until court documents stated his birthday.
The musician had a complicated relationship with his mother, who kicked him out of the house for delinquent behaviour when he was a teenager.
At age six, he plunged a glass shard into a man whom he believed was threatening his mom, while he got expelled from middle school for fighting with a kid who had made fun of his mother.
XXXTentacion was arrested three times in 2016: first on charges of robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, then for aggravated battery of a pregnant victim and false imprisonment, then again for violating his pre-trial agreement.
The artist had more than 500,000 Twitter followers and 400 millions plays on SoundCloud.
He had also been feuding with Drake, claiming the Grammy-award winning artist has been ripping off his music.
What was the rapper's cause of death?
XXXTentacion was shot and killed in Miami, on Monday, June 18, 2018.
He was just 20 years old.
The rapper was shot in his car after leaving a motorcycle dealer in Miami.
Videos of what appeared to be the rapper slumped in the driver seat circulated online following his death.
Four men have been charged with the murder of the rapper.
Did he confess to assaulting his ex-girlfriend?
X's former girlfriend Geneva Ayala had claimed the rapper physically and verbally abused her during their relationship.
The pair met online in May 2016 but she claimed the relationship began to turn abusive in July, with the star allegedly punching, stomping and head-butting her, giving a detailed account of the abuse in court documents.
In a series of Instagram Stories, the rapper appeared to respond to the allegations and the backlash he had been receiving on social media.
He explained: “I’m insensitive because I refuse to accept a reality for myself that is not my own, I will not have fabricated stories pushed on me, and have people trying to make me submissive off some shit I ain’t do, I’m good.”
The rapper continued by recording himself and made the shocking claim: “I’ma f*** y’all little sisters in they throats.
"Everybody that called me a domestic abuser, I’m finna domestically abuse y’all little sister p**** from the back.”
On October 24, 2018, almost five months after his death, audio emerged of the rapper apparently admitting to assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
The Miami-Dade County state attorney's office said the recording was thought to have been made in October 2016 - when he was accused of assault and the false imprisonment of Ayala.
He can be heard vowing to kill her "if she play with me".
The rapper then says: "I put my source of happiness in another person, which was a mistake initially, right?
"But she fell through on every occasion until now."
He adds: "Now she's scared. That girl is scared for her life. Which I understand."
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Why did the Look At Me music video cause outrage?
While the rapper rarely made music videos his visual for Look At Me immediately sparked outrage.
In shocking scenes XXXTentacion can be seen leading a black child and white child up to a swinging noose in a blacked out room.
The rapper can then be seen slipping the noose over the white boy's head.
He then pulls a rope and the boy is raised into the air as his legs can be seen twitching as he is lynched.
Twitter users branding the clip "hateful".