REWIND - XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up, Drake?) and abuse. XXXTentacion’s music quickly rose from Soundcloud to the top of the charts due in part to the relative loneliness and alienation he repped in his lyrics, sentiments his audience quickly latched onto. XXXTentacion’s connection to his audience was (and still is even in death) unique and powerful. Their connection via social media-fueled him, inspired him and ironically alienated him, just like his penchant for violence. What, if any of it, all led to his untimely demise? For a full list of contributors, see the show notes at disgracelandpod.com This episode was originally published on April 30, 2019. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Go to badlandsfood.com/DISGRACELAND to learn how you can see incredible changes in your dog’s health! Visit Tecovas in store or go to tecovas.com and find your new favorite pair of boots today! Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis.
0:05.0	Disgras.
0:08.0	Disgrasland is brought to you by Disgraseland All Access.
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0:15.2	and get ad-free listening, an exclusive scripted episode every month and
0:19.4	exclusive bonus content every week. Plus access to always-on-chat with me and your fellow
0:25.2	discos. Visit disgraceland pod.com slash membership or just click on the link in the
0:30.5	show notes for this episode.
0:33.0	Disgraysland is a production of Double Elvis. The stories about hip-hop star, XXX-10-tassion are insane. He beat a cellmate to near death, bludgeoned his pregnant girlfriend
0:57.0	and incited riots from the stage during his live shows. He was born into violence, informed by it.
1:04.0	It was there for him when nothing, when nobody was there for him.
1:08.0	He was alone, and despite his growing fame, or perhaps because of it,
1:11.0	unable to get a grip on his life, a life that was mysteriously cut short,
1:15.9	a life that began and ended in violence and that produced great music along the way.
1:21.2	And that music you heard at the top of the show. That wasn't great music. That was a
1:25.2	preset loop from my melotron called Louis Melo Bellaro BK1. I played you that loop
1:32.0	because I can't afford the rights to psycho by Post Malone.
1:35.3	And why would I play you that specific slice of imagined minor two cheese could I
1:40.3	afford it? Because that was the number one song in America on June 18th
1:45.8	2018 and that was the day that XXX Tantacion went on a shopping spree that turned
1:51.9	deadly but that ultimately freed him from a world of intense loneliness and pain.
1:57.0	On this episode, Psycho Cheese, Ultra Violence, and XXX Tantacion. I'm Jake Brown. Ult
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