Kanye West surprises crowd honoring late rapper XXXTentacion
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Kanye West surprised fans at a tribute honoring the late rapper XXXTentacion during
Art Basel, jumping onstage to perform a brand new song that features
West and the rapper who was gunned down in Florida earlier this year.
During the Thursday night release party for XXXTentacion’s first posthumous album “Skins” at the RC Cola Plant, the entire album was initially played all the way through. When it played a second time, West abruptly walked onstage to perform “One-Minute” and the audience roared. An animated video for the song also played in the background. West also briefly brought the late rapper’s mother, Cleopatra Bernard, onstage.
Several other rappers, including Lil Wayne, Trippie Redd and PNB Rock, also paid tribute to the young rapper.
Wayne gave an emotional performance of their song “Don’t Cry” and the crowd sang XXXTentacion’s part. Many in the audience were teary.
The 20-year-old rap star, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was fatally shot as he left a motorcycle dealership in June. O cials said a struggle ensued when the rapper’s sports car was blocked by another vehicle, two masked gunmen approached and shot XXXTentacion (ex-ex-ex-ten-tasee-YAWN) multiple times. The gunmen fled with a Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000.