XXXTentacion - ?

can't wait to see the reactions when "sad!" hits number 1 in two weeks

So that's how it's pronounced https://t.co/ip9DfBCDkf

— Mike F (@mikefossey) June 18, 2018

Ppl

Obviously I was exaggerating but if you don't think some enterprising ghoul is designing a memorial t-shirt RIGHT THIS SECOND you are a far less cynical a person than me

and yeah actually I would not be surprised at all to see a mural. Dunno if you've noticed, but it's candle in the fucking wind on Twitter about this guy right now

Twitter is a fucking nightmare now

"now"

Lol @ pretending there were people here painting a mural

What U really mean is the most woke pov is dancing on his grave

Simon H otm

Time to walk away from the keyboard, sucks in here

It’s not like I’m parading his death, it’s that I refuse to feel sympathetic towards a guy who brutally beat his pregnant gf to the point of almost killing her. I’m not happy he got murdered but honestly, I just shrugged when I read it. Maybe I’m an asshole too and my previous opiniom of him wont suddenly change just because he got murdered. Oh well, you can shrug for me too.

I don’t have my opinion about this and maybe it’s better to not say anything but this board doesn’t allow edits or deletion of posts so it’s too late.

But ok I’m probably off to happier threads before I continue to offend more people in here.

Thoughts and prayers.

https://twitter.com/i/events/1008852757883674625

this is nuts though

.@Spotify Pretty gross 180 you've done on this guy. Transparent and spineless through and through. At least the message is clear to your users than any social stance you take is tied directly to how much it'll increase plays. pic.twitter.com/9WcGWxwWft

— Bobby Ditta (@bobbyditta) June 19, 2018

Hey I’m back! Yeah that Spotify thing is spineless af, if they’re going to play politics they need to stand for something and not change their mind for money. Or just be a business and stop taking social stances that don’t really mean shit to you for good PR.

At least they were smart enough not to link to the playlist on twitter, they would have eaten them alive for it.

Seriously how much are they going to make from putting his music back up? Peanuts right, in the grand scheme of things? Just take the L

His music was never removed from Spotify, right? That policy only affected his inclusion on playlists like Rap Caviar.

ah gotcha

R Kelly is the only person whose music they've pulled or is the same situation?

Same situation, but XXXtencion was the one whose plays were hurt the most by it, whereas R Kelly actually had an increase.

Wtf

man thumper would not survive 2018

i know certain articles made it sound like his streaming numbers were consistently falling following the implementation of that policy -- i saw some saying -17% in daily streams for "sad!" -- but examined over a longer-term period (i.e. several days) the reported fluctuations were well within the normal range of daily fluctuations that pretty much all songs on the service experience whether they're prominently playlisted or not. as far as i was able to tell all of his songs were pretty stable in positional ranking for the entire period that he was blacklisted from spotify's playlists.

the playlists spotify creates/promotes in reaction to (tragic) news stories are frequently cringe-inducing, i'm amazed they haven't decided to stop already

There's no limit pic.twitter.com/YxhhX6tuKi

— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) June 19, 2018

His life was nasty, brutish and short, and there's always something heartbreaking about that. Even if it may be preferable to nasty, brutish and long, I don't know.

🐦[So that’s how it’s pronounced https://t.co/ip9DfBCDkf🕸
— Mike F (@mikefossey) June 18, 2018🕸]🐦

I agree, it is a tragedy that wins has not get proper credit for this joke.

That's what you get for falling over in a forest..

Every time I saw his name I would get Heaven 17 stuck in my head.

The local reporters this morning read his moniker indistinctly Spanish accents.

Hey I’m back! Yeah that Spotify thing is spineless af, if they’re going to play politics they need to stand for something and not change their mind for money. Or just be a business and stop taking social stances that don’t really mean shit to you for good PR.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka)

i thought it was motivated by kendrick threatening to pull his music from spotify if they followed through with it?

Yes, it was exactly that.

http://www.byroncrawford.com/2018/06/pregnant-runaways-breathe-collective-sigh-of-relief.html

Hey guys whats up

There’s no need for hot takes all the time, simon still otm - you could just say nothing. Basically I don’t care

Wow I do not need to know Byron Crawford’s take on this or anything.

bol is scum too

"scum"? Does that mean if he died it would be expected to shit on him too

did I say that?

im not sure where youre drawing the line between dehumanizing people enough that its ok to celebrate when they die or not

His life was nasty, brutish and short

Seems he was too.

I really really don't understand why you're so intent on carrying water for this guy, like surely you understand why people have a less than charitable response to his death

Damon Young isn't pulling punches.

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/stop-pretending-you-actually-gave-a-shit-about-xxxtenta-1826952372

Interesting how "performative mourning" is used in that piece and "performative glee" was used earlier in this thread, almost like the word "performative" is meaningless and people should stop using that fucking word to bolster their own reaction's Authenticity

otherwise that piece is otm

I really really don't understand why you're so intent on carrying water for this guy, like surely you understand why people have a less than charitable response to his death

― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 18:04 (forty minutes ago) Permalink

Who is carrying water for this guy?? Saying we shouldn’t celebrate his death is carrying water now ??

What U really mean is the most woke pov is dancing on his grave

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, June 18, 2018 7:45 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You don't need to be "woke" and crawl down a Tumblr social justice hole to understand why people are reacting this way

why people are dancing on the grave of a 20 year old kid?

because he symbolized a lot of toxic aspects of modern day society and twitter and instagram invite glib reactions? i’m not saying it’s right, but the people praising him without qualification are just as quease inducing. damon young otm

I don’t judge individuals particularly who have been victimized themselves from having whatever emotional response to this they feel is right; I do question the logical endpoint of dehumanizing him as an ideological stance. For one thing, it seems not very intersectional

I don’t understand how glib people are capable of being about a young man who was just murdered in broad daylight. He was not a good person; he did not deserve death.

— willy 💧 (@willystaley) June 18, 2018

I don’t see a problem w Damon young’s Piece at all