XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, died on June 18, 2018, after being fatally shot during an armed robbery outside a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was leaving the dealership when a black SUV blocked his BMW, and two masked gunmen approached his car. After a confrontation and robbery in which the attackers stole a Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000 in cash, one of the men shot XXXTentacion multiple times. He was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after

. Four men were involved in the crime: Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams, Trayvon Newsome, and Robert Allen. Boatwright was identified as the main shooter, Newsome as the other gunman, Williams as the driver of the SUV, and Allen was inside the vehicle. All were charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery. Robert Allen pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and testified against the others. In 2023, Boatwright, Williams, and Newsome were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole

. The killing was widely covered, and surveillance footage showed the moments before and during the murder, confirming the sequence of events

. The incident shocked the hip-hop community and ended the career of the young artist at just 20 years old