Since it's the sixth anniversary of his death I thought this would be a good time to talk about him.
X was a troubled kid from Miami who blew up on SoundCloud in early 2017. He created a huge cult following around him and his music was beloved by millions of kids. However, he was dealing with charges of domestic abuse brought on by his ex-girlfriend and the music industry didn't want to touch him. However, his popularity was so big on streaming that the mainstream music industry was forced to accept him. Then, at the peak of his fame in 2018 he was gunned down during a robbery gone wrong outside of a motorcycle shop. There are still many questions concerning his murder but all four men involved were convicted. After his assassination, X's music exploded more than ever and X became revered as a Christ figure among the youth. Kids were literally claiming he was the messiah who came to earth to bring wisdom and knowledge to the masses (I'm not kidding).
So with all of that said, what is a Marxist take on XXXTentacion, his rise to fame, the messianic cult he created, and everything that happened in the aftermath of his passing?
>>12707as for his cult, i guess some kids are aimless and douchey and looking for a strong ego to attach themselves to
they could be potential fascists/chvds
>Kids were literally claiming he was the messiah who came to earth to bring wisdom and knowledge to the masses (I'm not kidding).am zoomer was literally in HS when all of this happened, these ppl do exist but I would like to clarify were basically put into the same social rank as kids who were tails to school.
>>12699>>12707People genuinely think he brought the emo/punk/metal influence into soundcloud like that wasn't there since the start lol
>>12713i didnt say he influenced it
he was just one of the bigger artists caught up in it
>>12703>>12725>>He slapped her and broke her iPhone 6S, because she had complimented a male friend on his new jewelry. (XXXTentacion later repaired the phone.) Later that day, XXXTentacion left the room and returned with two grilling implements—a “barbecue pitchfork” and a “barbecue cleaner,” she said—and told her to pick between them, because he was going to put one of them in her vagina. She chose the fork. He told her to undress. He was lightly dragging the tool against her inner thigh when she passed out. He did not penetrate her with it.>About a week and a half into their stint in Orlando, the woman and XXXTentacion were on their way to a show together. They listened to one of XXXTentacion’s songs in the car and she sang along with his verse. Then she hummed along with a verse from a featured artist on the track. After that, XXXTentacion fell silent and left her in the car outside the venue. Inside, they got into a fight. When they arrived home after the show, he took her into the bathroom. “And he was asking me why I was singing his friend’s part of the song, if I like him, why do I like him, like do I ever look at his Twitter,” she said.>Then, XXXTentacion head-butted her, punched her, stomped on her, and put her in the bathtub, where he continued hitting and kicking her. “He also wanted to cut out my tongue because I was singing the song,” she said. She tried to run away down the street. He tackled her, causing her head to hit the pavement. She suffered black eyes, a lump on the back of her head, scratch marks, and bruises, including a large bruise on her ankle where he stomped her. Unique IPs: 16