Note: This article contains references to domestic violence, assault and rape that some readers may find disturbing.
When he was shot in June, the Florida rapper, XXXTentacion, was awaiting trial for a spousal abuse case in 2016 involving a former girlfriend. He was indicted by the Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office of aggravated assault, of a domestic battery by strangulation, imprisonment and falsification of witnesses , charges detailed by the alleged victim in a January 2017 statement. He pleaded not guilty and maintained his innocence until his death.
At present, Pitchfork has obtained a secret tape recorded from XXXTentacion, speaking with acquaintances at the time of his arrest on October 8, 2016. Speaking of his ex-girlfriend, whom he believed to have cheated, one can hear XXXTentacion say: "I put my source of happiness in another person, which was a mistake at first, right? But she has failed on every occasion until now. Until I start fucking her, Bruh. I started to fuck her because she made a mistake. And from there, the whole cycle has gone down. Now she's scared. This girl is scared for her life. What I understand. He did not detail what he had done to the alleged victim. Earlier in the recording, he said, "I will kill this bitch if she plays with me." (Listen to an excerpt from the recording below.)