In June, a 20-year-old man called Jahseh Onfroy was murdered after leaving a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Onfroy was a rapper, who recorded under the name XXXTentacion, and he had become extraordinarily successful — his two albums had reached No. 2 and No. 1 in the US, despite moderate sales, because of the amount of online plays they had received.
Michael Hann
Teen spirit | 9 August 2018
Never heard of XXXTentacion, mysticphonk or yunggoth? That's as it should be. These artists only exist to those whose cultural lives are lived entirely online, namely teenagers
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