XXXTENTACION’s Son Gekyume Has Been Born

The child’s name comes from a word that XXXTENTACION, born Jahseh Onfroy, had actually made up. According to Onfroy, the word, pronounced geck-yoom, signifies being in a “different state’ or next “universe” of thinking.

Frequent collaborator John Cunningham teased the birth of Gekyume this week with a tweet, writing “it’s baby week.” It’s surely a bittersweet moment for the family and fans as Gekyume arrives three days after what would have been his father’s 21st birthday.

it’s baby week ??

— John Cunningham (@cunningham___) January 20, 2019

It was on June 18th that the South Florida rapper was fatally shot while leaving a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The conception of his first child with Jenesis Sanchez was announced soon after.

In addition Vol. 4 of the Members Only compilation series arrived on January 23rd, featuring appearances from a host of names that included Robb Bank$, Ski Mask The SLup God, Kid Trunks, Cooliecut, Bass Santana and XXXTENTACION himself. It marks the second posthumous full-lnegth effort to come of XXXTENTACION, following on December’s SKINS album.