XXXTentacion wins Billboard Award nearly one year after his untimely death.
The late rapper’s 2017 album, 17, won the 2019 Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album. In addition to the award, he also received multiple nominations to include Top Male Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, and Top R&B Male Artist.
This isn’t the only award XXXTentacion has received posthumously. In October, he was awarded Best New Hip-Hop Artist at the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards and Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the 2018 American Music Awards.
Since his death, more than 22 million copies of his records have been sold. His most successful single, “Sad!,” released in March 2018, was certified double platinum four days before the rapper died. The track debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. A week after his death, it rose to the No. 1 spot.
On June 18, Jahseh Onfrony known as XXXTentacion was fatally shot during a robbery at a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. His attackers fled the scene in an SUV after stealing a Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000 from Onfroy; Four men were indicted on first-degree murder charges in connection with his killing and are currently standing trial.
The day after his death, June 19, XXXTentacion’s song “SAD!” was streamed 10.4 million times on Spotify, breaking the global single-day streaming record set by Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” on Aug. 25, 2017. The track, “SAD!” was initially banned on the streaming service after announcing a new ‘hateful conduct’ policy. This is because XXXTentacion was been charged with domestic violence and witness tampering of his former girlfriend Geneva Ayala, who was pregnant with his child at the time of the alleged assault.