MIAMI – Celebrities including Diplo, Playboi Carti and PnB Rock paid tribute to slain Florida rapper XXXTentacion during the week of parties surrounding Art Basel Miami.
Hundreds of fans gathered at a posthumous album release party Thursday night to be the first to hear XXXTentacion’s Bad Vibes Forever.
Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Noah Cyrus and Tory Lanez appear on the album.
At midnight, the album played as emotional videos of the slain rapper played on a screen behind the stage.
Others were more critical of the troubled rapper and pointed to his multiple arrests, including charges that he severely beat and abused his girlfriend.