XXXTentacion, a Florida rapper born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy whose sophomore album debuted at No. 1 in March, was killed today in a drive-by shooting outside a Deerfield Beach motorcycle shop. He was 20. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office confirmed his death to the media.
Officials said the shooting happened in the 3600 block of North Dixie Highway and that they received the first call about the shooting at 3:57 PM ET. Witnesses told TMZ.com that the genre-blending rapper was leaving the dealership parking lot in a black BMW when shots were fired from another car. The suspect vehicle fled, and XXX was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
No motive was given for the killing, though the rapper had been in legal trouble recently.
