Yesterday, news broke that XXXTentacion signed a massive $10 million record deal with Empire shortly before his death. Through the deal, an untapped catalog of music from the rapper is expected to be released sometime later this year. Now, merchandise is being released posthumously in honor of the late Florida native.
The collection matches the design of X’s sophomore album ? and includes a series of monochromatic T-shirts selling for $35, as well as a pair of mess shorts ($65) and a hoodie ($75). Right now all of the items can be pre-ordered directly from an online store.
Product shots of the merch can be viewed below.
XXXTentacion's death shocked the hip-hop community and resulted in a spike in sales and streams of his first two projects, 17 and ?, both of which were in the Billboard 200's top 5 last week. This new merch is not the first posthumous release since X's death. The day after the rapper’s memorial service in Florida, his mother Cleopatra Bernard released the music video for “SAD!" which ominously depicts X attending what his own funeral. She also revealed XXX was expecting a child.
XXX left behind a legacy and life cut short, which also included accusations of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend Geneva Ayala.
