Music & Culture It's Impossible To Reconcile XXXTentacion's Art With His Violent Life 7:08am June 22, 2018 by Rodney Carmichael Music Music News Share URL copied to clipboard! XXXTentacion performing at Rolling Loud Festival in Miami in May 2017. The rapper was killed on June 18, 2018. Matias J. Ocner / Miami Herald via Getty Images Play Pause There was an error loading the media player. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. 300x250 Ad More Morning Edition Arts Can Tiny Chef fans get his show back on Nickelodeon? by Elizabeth Blair National Morning news brief by Leila Fadel 300x250 Ad Support quality journalism, like the story above, with your gift right now. Donate