XXXTENTACION (real name Jahseh Onfroy) was gunned down in front of RIVA Motorsports in Deerfield, Florida on June 18, 2018. As news of his violent death rippled across social media, rumors also started to spread in South Florida and throughout his Members Only clique. To them, it looked like a setup and they were determined to get to the bottom of it.
Jonathan Reiss, author of the new book LOOK AT ME! The XXXTENTACION Story, took a deep dive into the abyss of X’s short life and discovered X’s murder wasn’t as random as it first appeared. What investigators initially believed was a simple robbery gone bad turned out to be much more complicated.
According to Reiss’ book, this was premeditated — and it started with X’s black BMW i8, a roughly $163,000 car with butterfly doors.
In Chapter 24 of LOOK AT ME!, Reiss explains murder suspect Dedrick Williams happened to be in the same building where X was checking in with his probation officer. X was required to regularly check in with the Broward County probation office due to his home invasion charges. Williams, who was on probation for selling the synthetic drug “flakka,” took notice of X’s flashy new luxury car and evidently filed it away in his memory.
“Out in the parking lot, Williams noticed the i8 and recognized the man getting out of it as XXXTENTACION,” Reiss writes. “On January 18, Williams allegedly spotted X’s car again at a Bank of America branch near Riva Motorsports. Williams allegedly then called the other three perpetrators, who, according to investigators, were driving around looking for someone to rob.
“Ostensibly, the reason why the two culprits walked inside Riva is because they were sent to go check and make sure it was actually X. In the end, it seems they shot him simply because he had made trouble them and wouldn’t give up the bag when they asked.”
After Williams’ arrest, he was interrogated for hours and denied he was even near Riva Motorsports on the day of the murder. He then changed his story and claimed he was there with his daughter. As investigators pressed him, he finally cracked and confessed he was there with the two other suspects caught on camera inside the store — Trayvon “Tray” Newsome and Michael Boatwright.
“Williams quickly pivoted from denial to remorse, regaling cops with stories of sleepless nights since the event,” Reiss continues. “He told police he wanted to tell the truth but said he was concerned about being labeled a ‘snitch.’ He requested a lawyer. A search of Williams’ home and car uncovered live ammo that matched the spent casings left at the crime scene and receipts from a shopping spree from after the the time of the robbery. They tracked down a cashier from one of the stores where Williams shopped, who confirmed that Williams had paid with hundred-dollar bills.”
Other questions floating around X’s murder involved the lack of security. But as noted in Reiss’ book, X had his own personal reasons for not using his money to hire bodyguards.
“Sadly, it also seems like X may have ignored advice from colleagues to hire full-time security in part because of the extent to which he prioritized his bond with his fans. When asked why X didn’t have tight security during the summer of 2018, Ryan [Members] replied, ‘I feel like he didn’t want security because he didn’t want his fans to feel like they were in the way.”
X was 20 years old at the time of his death. Although his career was shrouded in controversy, those who loved X loved him hard. Shortly after he was killed, X’s mother Cleopatra Bernard revealed her son’s girlfriend was pregnant with his child. His son Gekyume Onfroy was born last January, which Bernard referred to as his “final gift.”
XXXTENTACION's Mother Reacts To Murder Suspect's Arrest
In terms of the criminal case, Newsome, Boatwright, Williams and Robert Allen remain in custody. In April, Williams begged Judge Michael A. Usan to let him out of prison out of fear he’ll contract the coronavirus. In a letter obtained by TMZ, Williams explained he’s at high risk for catching COVID-19 and wants to be released on house arrest.
“I am sending you this letter to save my life,” he writes. “Recently a deputy at the Broward County main jail gave an inmate the coronavirus. This matter makes me afraid because my immune system is very weak. And here at the jail they aren’t testing anyone.”
Williams’ request was denied.
“Driving around looking for someone to Rob.” Jesus fucking Christ! I guess black lives didn’t matter to those other black men… smh
Yeah but their job isn’t to serve and protect either and they will face justice. Cops not so much. I love how white people expect hoodlums to behave as well as cops. Think about it next time before you post something stupid
You’re showing your ignorance. Not once did I compare police to the perps. I merely stated pretty much that how do you expect society to fully rally behind people of color when here’s an example of people of color literally ride around looking for other people of color to rob and kill. And you wonder why they call us thugs and stereotype us and shit, just another example of why dude. A duty to serve and protect? How bout a duty to act like an upstanding member of society and not rob and kill people? Especially your “brothers.” And I’m black, so nice try. Don’t assume shit, think next time before you post something stupid.
He speaks the truth bruh. When are we going to realize that it’s us and only us that is causing shit to happen. How can we be mad at white people when our own is doing this gutta shit? Foh, I wanna move the nation forward, not send it to war.
This isn’t us though. Not one of us had a thing to do with this murder. Your as bad as the rest of them, grouping all blacks as one. I ain’t never killed anyone. Nor any blacks I hang with/know. You may be out there killing but I’m not so it’s not us.
It is, though. Your anecdotal evidence is nice, but blacks as a whole commit the vast majority of violent crime in this country per capita and in sheer numbers. You’re right- this doesn’t mean the vast majority of blacks commit any crimes at all. But when you’re looking at those that do commit crime, many of them share the same pigment.
How when were only 13% of the population?! White people kill themselves and other races at a much higher rate, so you get the FUCK Out of Here….ur rational is very fuckin stupid! Ure saying just because blacks kill blacks that gives creedance for other races too!!!! You sound like a dumb MF!!!! Think next time before you post shit….
What? It’s called proximity crimes. No different from white in white and or Hispanic on Hispanic crime. So you trying to bring BLM into this shows your ignorance AND society should treat EVERYONE with dignity and equality.
& we don’t need you white people to rally with us, people of color don’t need your sympathy or your help FOH!
Y’all better be lucky we’re asking for peace in not revenge.
In other words, it’s ok for cops to act like hoodlums, but when black people do it I feel the need to expose the “hypocrisy”. Show me which one of these lowlife thugs had a sworn duty to serve and protect. Don’t worry I’ll wait… Racist Exposing themselves every day.
Apparently my original post got deleted by the post monster
Police are lawfully allowed to use deadly force when necessary. They’re rarely prosecuted because they rarely abuse their power to do so. Last year, 15 unarmed black men were killed by cops- the vast majority of which were justified. Meanwhile, blacks commit a wildly disproportionate amount of violent crime. All races are affected by it- especially other blacks. So people laugh at your trash narrative, because you’re burning down cities over an occurrence that’s as rare as being struck by lightning (being killed by a cop as an unarmed black man), while ignoring a nonstop onslaught of violence perpetrated by your own people. You can’t see the forest for the trees- but I’m sure you’ll burn it all down anyway.
So those niggas were cops?
How about “driving around looking for jobs” how can people take BLM serious with this going on FR
Black Lives Matter don’t support Black criminals and the one’s that killed X don’t support Black Lives Matter when they going around robbing and killing.
Black Lives Matter don’t support Black criminals and the one’s that killed X don’t support Black Lives Matter when they going around robbing and killing.
he needed a bit of an entourage going on there. but then who in the fuck is going to know everywhere xxx had gone. take it from me brothers, i think there is a third party involved in this shit. always was and always will be. black people are dying by the same people who think are representing them. end the silence. M.A.G.A..
If what they are saying is true then the verdict is quite simple. Spray all 4 of them with Coronavirus or lethal dose of arsenic poison and let them die a slow painful death. They are a scurge to the earth, black people and their families. R.I.H.
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Never drive a nice car to see your probation officer. Grab you a Toyota for the runs on the low. If you shopping for a bike or a quad you should be in a pickup truck
Actually he was killed because he resisted. He should have complied and gave them the bag of money. He lost his life and the bag of money either way. Pretty dumb move on his part considering he would have recouped that amount in a single concert.
Exactly! No rapper wanna get robbed and look like a Bitch! Being in a Ditch 6 feet isnt any better
he actually tried giving them the bag but they just wen loco and shot him
so how does that work it just so happens they almost bump shoulders a bit of bad luck or something else such as an informant. he is no longer with us now (we are to believe) but his music will not be going away.
still don’t understand why this goofy was as popular as he was. didn’t he whoop his baby mama’s ass? he basically did a bytch9 and got away w/ it and then later on lost his life over a bag. what was he doing w/ said bag? scrubbie was a horrible rapper, had no lyricism, an women beater and a complete baffoon.
I thought his dead was good news. Never said one good thing about this clown when he was alive and I’m not gonna start frontin’ now. GOOD RIDDANCE. Better now before he shat out 7 more albums.
Bru stfu let my idol Rest In Peace
As one of our brothers Rest In Peace, it’s up to the 47 of us to bring comfort to those in need all across the nation once again.. we will live on ??
well this info was amazing
and to no hos death was sad to no but i was told his death was ether a drive by or a car crash.
i love xxx he was the bast but how will kill someone in yhay said dont shoot just take the money that made me mad
X you don’t understand how much I wish u was here man, ur music was here for me when no one was when I had nothing ur music saved me, “Save me” was literally the one song that saved me from it all, everyday I wake up I wish it wasn’t true and that it was just a nightmare, if your actually not dead please come back ? we need you