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Fans mourn the dying of musician XXXTentacion at a service in Florida
Thousands of XXXTentacion fans queued for hours to pay their respects to the murdered rapper at a memorial service held within the United States state of Florida.
The 20-year-old rising star, who was shot lifeless exterior a bike dealership final week, was specified by an open casket surrounded by black roses at the Florida Panther's Stadium.
Video clips and songs have been performed to the crowds as they entered the venue.
The United States rapper is believed to have been the victim of an armed theft.
Many of those that attended Wednesday's service for XXXTentacion, whose actual identify is Jahseh Onfroy, consoled each other beneath the spotlights at the 20,000-capacity stadium.
Friends and household joined fans as they gathered in a roped-off space carrying black T-shirts emblazoned with the phrases "Bad" on the entrance and "No more pain" on the again, in accordance to the Associated Press (AP) information company.
One fan, who recognized himself as Choice Bison, instructed AP that XXXTentacion represented hope and power.
"What was his gift? Fearlessness. Fearlessness," Mr Bison stated, including: "He just had a beautiful ability to not care what anybody was saying, to not care what anybody was thinking and give us his authentic self."
Others took to Twitter to submit messages and footage. One fan posted some time-lapse footage of the lengthy queues of individuals ready to enter the sector.
Twitter submit by @OfficialJoelF
Often described as certainly one of rap's most controversial artists, XXXTentacion shortly rose to fame with two hit albums17 and ?, each of which have re-entered the United States charts since his homicide.
He was dealing with home violence prices at the time of his dying.
Police arrested a suspect in reference to the case final week.