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On 15 April 2019, a story claiming that XXXTentacion had staged his own death was published to the website Trend-News.com: This is not a genuine news article. Trend-News.com is an entertainment website that allows users to create their own fake news stories in order to prank their friends on social media. A disclaimer at the bottom of the website reads: This website is an entertainment website, jokes are created by users. These are humourous jokes, fantasy, fictional, that should not be seriously taken or as a source of information. Musician Jahseh Onfroy, better known as XXXTentacion, was shot and killed in Deerfield Beach, Florida, in June 2018: This isn't the first time that conspiracy theorists have claimed the 20-year-old musician staged his own death. While we won't address all of these rumors individually, it should be noted that XXXTentacion's family held a public memorial, including an open casket, shortly after his death. This, of course, would have been difficult if the musician were still alive:
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