What XXXTentacion Said About Spotify Removing His Music From Their Playlists

Controversial rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead in Florida Monday. He was 20 years old. A month before the fatal shooting, the "SAD!" rapper had some of his music removed from Spotify when the streaming app revealed an anti-"hateful conduct" policy, which was arguably just as controversial as the rapper himself. He was facing an aggravated battery of a pregnant woman charge and witness tampering charges. He was never convicted of the allegations against him.

XXXTentacion's music was removed from Rap Caviar May 10, one of the most popular playlists on Spotify. In his first response, a rep for XXXTentacion told the New York Times: "I don't have a comment, just a question. Will Spotify remove all the artists listed below from playlists?"

Then he argued there were more than a dozen artists who had allegations against them—and their music remained on Spotify's playlists. Some of the artists XXXTentacion named were people like Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Gene Simmons, David Bowie, Real Estate, Ozzy Osbourne, Ace of Base, Jimmy Page, Backstreet Boys, James Brown, Dr. Dre and 6ix9ine.

Spotify put XXXTentacion back on their playlists after rapper Kendrick Lamar threatened to pull his music on May 25.

Dozens of musicians took to Twitter to mourn his death, including Kanye West. "Rest in peace," he tweeted. "I never told you how much you inspired me when you were here thank you for existing."

Travis Barker added: "I'm at a loss for words... speechless #RIPXXXTentacion Loved collaborating with you. You were a true artist, one of the most fucking talented of our time"

Diplo also issued a response: "The two leaders of this entire wave of hip-hop are dead now. If you really want to revel in their deaths I will block you. No time for negativity."