Never Before Seen XXXTentacion Photos Released Online, Fans React
Never-before-seen photos of XXXTentacion surfaced online more than five years after his death.
On Tuesday, Instagram user Jitexclusivez started an account where they posted new unseen photos of the "Moonlight" rapper one at a time.
Included in the eight posts available on the account so far are snaps and videos of the young artist at a convenience store, by the beach and with fans. The most recent post was a clip showing XXXTentacion, real name Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, recording a video with a fan in 2017.
After seeing the posts, fans could not help but remember "Jah" and comment on how much they missed the late rapper.
"You deserved so much more than you got, Jah. Forever grateful I have your guidance to help me through hard times. 'Til we meet, Jah," commented one fan on his convenience store photo.
"These are incredible," said another.
"Love to see new vids surface. RIP, X," wrote a different commenter on his video with a fan.
Shortly after, a different account, DJ Akademiks, posted a compilation of XXXTentacion's four photos and captioned it: "New unseen pics of XXXTentacion surfaces."
The post has since gained over 77,820 likes and several comments from the rapper's fans.
"I'm glad X still gets love on the internet even after all the years after his passing," commented one netizen.
"I've been saying this for years, and I'll say it again. There are probably hundreds, maybe thousands, of unreleased pictures of Jahseh out there somewhere. And I hope we all see them one day," wrote someone else.
"I can't move on from how we just got this dude stolen from us," said a different commenter.
"It's like he is still here with us," opined another fan.
Meanwhile, others claimed they had seen some of the photos before, especially his selfie with a fan at a convenience store.
The late artist had a brief but promising career in the music scene before his demise.
XXXTentacion uploaded his first song, "Vice City," on SoundCloud in March 2014. A year later, he released the EPs "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Members Only Vol. 2."
In 2016, he released "Look at Me," which entered the Billboard charts after 10 and a half months. He released more songs after that.
But in 2018, while at the height of charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100, the 20-year-old rapper died after armed men robbed and shot him outside a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida.
