For example, on the Joey Bada$$-assisted "infinity (888)," XXXTentacion spits intricate punchlines over the P. Soul-produced boom-bap track. "Make my flow shape-shift, cold expression like a ...

This might be a lousy way of expressing it, but, the last few weeks have been a great time for moody, Nirvana-inspired, emo-punk, SoundCloud rappers… or their fans, anyway, since not all the artists ...

The rapper's tragic life makes his art hit home even harder than normal. The Bad: SKINS can’t help but sound like a fragment of a whole and of its original intention, which denies listeners the full ...

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 ...

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 ...

This year will not go quietly. XXXTentacion, who was murdered in June at age 20, will have a new album posthumously released next month. Skins, rumored to be only ten songs spanning 17 minutes, is set ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the music industry. XXXTentacion owed much of his commercial success to huge streaming numbers, and he’s returned to ...

Rapper XXXTentacion debuts his new album ? at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, giving him his first leader on the all-genre tally. The musician’s latest full-length collection starts at the peak ...