XXXTentacion foresaw his own sudden death in Miami on Monday in an eerie, unnerving message posted online. The year-old rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was leaving a motorcycle shop in Fort Lauderdale shortly before 4pm when two men in a dark coloured SUV shot and killed him in an apparent robbery, the county sheriff's office said. Since news of his death emerged, fans have a shared a video he previously posted on Instagram Live where he revealed how he would like people to remember him if he were to die. I just wanted to say, I appreciate and love all of you and I believe in you all. Do not let your body define your soul, let your soul find your body. Your mind is limitless. You are worth more than you can believe. XXXTentacion was often labelled as one of the most controversial contemporary rappers and was facing domestic violence charges against his pregnant girlfriend - to which he had pleaded not guilty. In October , XXXTentacion was arrested and later charged with aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and witness tampering. He was facing 15 felony charges at the time of his death.


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CCTV footage shows young rapper being stalked by two men as he visits motorcycle dealership before they shoot him dead in his BMW. A CCTV clip, played at Broward County Court for the first time during a hearing on Thursday, showed the rapper walking into the dealership followed closely by two men who buy masks and then leave. Video footage shows two masked men jumping out of the passenger side doors of the car and racing over to him. The footage was played during a bail hearing for suspect Robert Allen , who is charged with the murder along with three other suspects. Allen, Michael Boatwright , Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome all faces charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm, according to court records. It definitely was set up. XXXTentacion, who sported dreadlocks and facial tattoos, was a platinum-selling rising star who first found fame while uploading songs to online audio distribution platform SoundCloud.
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Jahseh Onfroy, the rapper and singer known as XXXTentacion, whose surge in popularity in the last year and a half — including a No. He was TMZ first reported the news of the shooting.
The two Williams and Allen walked right past Onfroy as he was browsing motorcycles. They are recorded coming into RIVA and buying two black masks. A half an hour later, Onfroy left the dealership, entered his black BMW i8 [7] and began to drive away from the dealership. The SUV drove in front of Onfroy's car, blocking him in while Newsome and Boatwright exited the vehicle and demanded property from Onfroy. A brief struggle ensued, which resulted in Onfroy being shot multiple times in the neck by Boatwright. The shooting occurred in east of the city of Parkland where Onfroy was living at the time. Originally, many fans of Onfroy's, numerous internet users and local residents suspected local Florida rappers Soldier Kidd and Soldier Jojo to be the killers of Onfroy due to several suspicious Instagram posts made by the pair with specific details that corroborated with witness reports, but these accusations were later dropped when Dedrick Williams and Michael Boatwright the alleged shooter were arrested.