5 Things to Know About Rapper XXXTentacion, From Feuds With Drake to Legal Trouble

The 20-year-old rapper was killed Monday in a drive-by shooting outside Miami

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Rapper XXXTentacion was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting Monday in southern Florida. His death at age 20 was met with an outpouring of grief online from artists and collaborators such as Kanye West, J. Cole, Diplo and many more.

This sudden end to the life of XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, caps off an explosive career in which the Florida-based rapper quickly rose to the top of the charts, but was also at the center of internet fame, controversy, arrests and public feuds.

Here are five things you may not know about the rapper and his short-lived, yet troubled career.

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