Ten days after was in a suspected robbery, his music continues to live on.
The official music video for the rapper’s song “SAD!” was released Thursday morning. The single climbed to the top spot on the Hot 100 following his death, jumping from the No. 52 slot, making him the first artist to top the chart posthumously in a lead role since The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems” in 1997, according to
In the video, XXXTentacion attends the funeral of his old self, becoming shocked when the body rises from the coffin and engages in a fight between the two versions of himself.
The musician’s team announced the release with a simple message on his Instagram story: “SAD! music video tomorrow. Thursday 9 am EST.”
The music video dropped one day after fans gathered for XXXTentacion (né Jahseh Onfroy)’s
According to the , the open-casket viewing showed the late rapper “dressed in a blue denim jacket under soft lighting, laid in a dark polished coffin at center stage, surrounded by a spray of black flowers with metallic accents.”
The Florida native was just 20 and at the height of public recognition, both for his top-charting albums as well as the
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