Yes, it's big facts that XXXTentacion's music continues to stream billions of times on Spotify. With loyal fans and music created to last the stand of time it's no wonder the young talent continues to blast through speakers years after his untimely passing.
"Sad!", doubles as his highest charting single in the U.S. and has now officially reached over one billion streams. John Cunning produced the track , which set XXX as a leader in the aesthetic resurgence of emo hip hop. "Sad!" went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The song itself reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, a first for the rapper as his rise to fame was consistently growing despite the ongoing controversies that surrounded him.
.......“Who am I? Someone that’s afraid to let go, uh / You decide, if you’re ever gonna let me know, yeah / Suicide, if you ever try to let go, uh / I’m sad and low, yeah, I’m sad I know, yeah,” he speaks on the song.
Watch the video below before we take a closer look at the late rapper's controversial situations leading up to his death.
With the video to Sad!, art imitating life the Broward County rapper seemed to predict his own death thru his work. Looking over his younger self, XXX expressed his emotions.
The talented rapper's life came to an end when he was murdered in Deerfield Beach FL. XXX was fatally shot and killed by Michael Boatwright after being robbed in his car by Boatwright and four other accomplices Trayvon Newsome, Dedrick Williams, and Robert Allen outside RIVA Motorsports, an upscale seller of motorcycles and watercraft in Deerfield Beach. All four men with first degree murder and robbery.
XXXTentacion will forever live on through his music.
Video: XXXTentacion YouTube