The XXXTentacion documentary has been formally introduced together with a launch timeline.
In line with a put up on XXXTentacion’s Instagram web page on Wednesday (Feb. 2), the documentary, titled Look At Me!, is directed by Sabaah Folayan and can have a world premiere on the 2022 SXSW Movie Pageant, which runs from March 11-19 in Austin, Texas. Afterward, the movie will stream on Hulu this summer season.
The movie synopsis will discover XXX’s rise from a SoundCloud rapper to “one of the crucial streamed artists on the planet.” Take a look at Me! will comprise candid commentary from the household, mates and romantic acquittances, in addition to beforehand unreleased archival footage of the late Florida rhymer, whose actual identify is Jahseh Onfroy.
The synopsis additional states that director Sabaah Folayan will supply “a delicate portrayal of an artist whose acts of violence, uncooked musical expertise and open struggles with psychological well being left an indelible mark on his technology earlier than his dying on the age of 20.”
An XXXTentacion documentary was first introduced again in 2019, on the one-year anniversary of the day the late rapper was shot and killed on June 18, 2018, in Deerfield Seashore, Fla. The doc information additionally comes after XXX’s property launched an announcement on Jan. 23, on what would have been his twenty fourth birthday, to tell followers of upcoming plans in 2022.
“To Jahseh’s supporters internationally,” the assertion reads. “We proceed to be amazed on the love and help that X’s followers present each day. We all know how a lot his music means to all of you, and his influence continues to be extra highly effective than its ever been. It is vital to us to proceed to honor Jah’s legacy, and in that spirit we’re planning an thrilling 2022. Certainly one of our first initiatives is to get as a lot of X’s music from his earliest days as an artist up on all DSPs.”
Together with music, followers will now get an opportunity to look at the XXXTentacion documentary both on the SXSW Movie Pageant in March or on Hulu in the summertime.
Excellent news, certainly.
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