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Amadoda amathathu athweswe icala lokubulala u-Jahseh Onfroy ngo-2018, owayengumculi we-rapper XXXTentacion, atholwe enecala lokubulala ijaji laseFlorida.
Lezi zinqumo zehle ngoMsombuluko eFort Lauderdale ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingaphezu kweziyisikhombisa zokudingidwa, inkantolo I-Associated Press kubika. Izigwebo zodilikajele eziyisibopho zizofika ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
UMichael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, kanye noTrayvon Newsome, 24, bonke batholwe benecala lokuphanga behlomile ngaphezu kwalokho. ukubulawa kwe-XXXTentacion eneminyaka engama-20.
Laba abathathu “bakhombise imizwa encane,” ngokusho kwe-AP, njengoba ngamunye emi futhi eboshwe ozankosi.
Umsolwa wesine kulesi sigebengu, uRobert Allen, walivuma icala lokubulala okwesibili ngonyaka odlule wabe esefakaza ebhekise kwabanye abathathu. U-Allen akakagwetshwa okwamanje kodwa angathola noma yini kusukela esegwetshwe udilikajele.
“Njengenjwayelo, ngiyasihlonipha isinqumo sejaji,” kusho uMauricio Padilla, ummeli kaWilliams, etshela iThe Times nge-imeyili ngoMsombuluko. “Kodwa-ke angikholwa ukuthi ikhasimende lami linikezwe icala elinobulungiswa. Sibe nofakazi obalulekile wezokuvikela owashaywa ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala, isicelo semiyalo yokuzivikela esakhishwa evimbela ikhono lethu lokudiliza ufakazi obalulekile kanye neziphakamiso zokuqhubekisela phambili ubufakazi bofakazi bokuvikela ababalulekile obunqatshiwe.
“Kusobala kusukela ezinsukwini ijaji lalixoxa ngalo ukuthi lalinemibuzo,” kuqhubeka uPadilla, “futhi ngifisa sengathi ngabe ngikwazile ukulivikela kahle iklayenti lami.”
U-XXXTentacion, osephenduke ubuso besizukulwane sabarepha be-SoundCloud, wadutshulwa wafa ngaphandle kweRiva Motorsports yasePompano Beach ngoJuni 18, 2018.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, ingoma yakhe ethi “Sad!,” yakhululwa ngosuku olwandulela ukufa kwakhe, yashaya i-Top 40 yeshadi le-pop lase-US ngenxa yezigidi zokusakazwa kwe-SoundCloud ne-Spotify. I-rapper ekhulayo ukuxabana okuku-inthanethi nomculi onegama elikhulu uDrakeu-XXXTentacion amsole ngokuntshontsha isigqi sakhe, naye wamfaka endaweni ehamba phambili.
Ezinye izingoma ezithole amaphuzu aphezulu ku-Billboard’s Hot 100 zifaka phakathi okuthi “F— Love,” “Jocelyn Flores” kanye “neMoonlight.” Ube nempumelelo yeshadi futhi esebenza no-Kodak Black kwethi “Roll in Peace” kanye nongasekho uLil Peep kwethi “Falling Down.” (Lil Peep washona ngoNovemba 2017 okusolakala ukuthi kungaphezu kwezidakamizwa.)
I-XXXTentacion – ebizwa ngokuthi “ex-ex-ex-ten-tah-see-ohn” – waphendukela emculweni esemncane ngemuva kokuhlukumezeka kobuntwana, ekhulula ithrekhi yakhe yokuqala ngo-2013. Umemezele uhambo lwezwe lonke lwezinsuku ezingu-26 ngo-Ephreli 2017 kodwa wakhansela ibhalansi yayo ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili ngemuva kokudutshulwa komzala wakhe. I-mixtape yakhe yokuqala eyedwa, ethi, “Revenge,” yaphuma ngoMeyi 16, 2017, yafaka izingoma eziyisishiyagalombili ezikhishwe phambilini.
I-albhamu yakhe yesibili, “?,” ikhishwe ngoMashi 16, 2018, kuNombolo 1 eshadini le-albhamu yeBillboard 200. Yayinezingoma ezingashadile ezithi “Sad!” nethi “Izinguquko,” eyokuqala eyashaya inombolo 1 ngemva kokushona kwalo mrepha.
“Ngambuka, futhi ngibona umuntu ophathwe kabi empilweni,” umphathi ka-Onfroy, Solomon Sobhande, utshele iThe Times ekuqaleni kuka-2018, ekhumbula okokuqala ehlangana nalo mculi ngesikhathi u-XXXTentacion egqunywe ejele ngo-2016. Wayebekwe icala lokushaya nokuklinya owayeyintombi yakhe ekhulelwe, kanye nokuboshwa ngamanga kanye nokuhlukumeza ofakazi.
Laba bobabili bahlukaniswe ingilazi ewugqinsi, kusho uSobande, kanti uXXXTentacion ubebhekene neminyaka engu-30 ejele. Lo mrepha uwaphikile amacala wawagcina emsulwa kwaze kwaba uyashona. Nokho, I-Pitchfork ithole okurekhodiwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2018 lapho uXXXTentacion avuma khona ukuthi washaya lo wesifazane futhi wagwaza abanye abantu abayisishiyagalolunye.
“Ngokwazi ukuthi unalo lonke leli khono, ngangidangele ngengane,” kusho uSobande ngo-2018. “Unezinkinga zakhe, kodwa kuphephile ukusho ukuthi akatholanga isandla esihle kakhulu.”
