XXXTENTACION NFT Collection - The Drop 「Lyrics」

Unreleased XXXTentacion Songs to Drop As NFTs

XXXTentacion has joined the wave of posthumous NFT drops — set to become the first musician to posthumously release music as NFTs.

XXXTENTACION NFT Collection - The Drop 「Lyrics」

Unreleased XXXTentacion Songs to Drop As NFTs

XXXTentacion has joined the wave of posthumous NFT drops — set to become the first musician to posthumously release music as NFTs.

The news comes months into a boom for non-fungible tokens, or exclusive online pieces, in the music and art worlds.

And while other NFT projects have involved photos and digital artwork of deceased musicians, the XXXTentacion drop will be the first to involve unreleased songs.

The estate of the late, controversial rapper will release five of his songs as NFTs, complete with custom artwork, on May 10, Rolling Stone reported. The drop will also include footage from XXXTentacion’s only tour, in 2017. The company YellowHeart will put the NFTs up for auction on the blockchain, which validates the exclusivity of the tokens, as part of the launch for its own NFT marketplace. (Notably, YellowHeart will not require payments to be made in cryptocurrency like other marketplaces, and will accept credit cards as well.) “There should be a reveal when it opens, as to what exactly it is,” Josh Katz, the company’s CEO, told Rolling Stone of the songs. Solomon “Sounds” Sobande, XXXTentacion’s manager, added that the five songs “were big on SoundCloud,” but none have been formally released and some are no longer available.

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XXXTentacion’s Estate Will Drop His Unreleased SoundCloud Songs as NFTs

The late rapper’s team is working with YellowHeart to sell rare music and concert footage on May 10th. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the XXXFoundation charity

It’s been nearly three years since XXXTentacion was shot to death in Florida at the age of 20 — but his team is keen to keep his legacy alive. Next week, the controversial rapper’s estate will release a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) containing tracks that have never been commercially released, as well as never-before-seen footage from his only tour, Rolling Stone has learned.

To orchestrate the drop, XXXTentacion’s manager Solomon “Sounds” Sobande and his estate, run by his mother Cleopatra Bernard, teamed up with blockchain-centric company YellowHeart, which also handled the Kings of Leon NFTs earlier this year. They enlisted Stephen Bliss, the artist behind XXXTentacion’s favorite game, Grand Theft Auto, to create unique art for the tokens.

YellowHeart declined to provide previews, price points, or details of the NFTs. But the company confirms that the sale will start — in tandem with the launch of YellowHeart’s in-house online marketplace — on May 10th at 12 p.m. ET and end on May 15th at at 12 p.m. ET. “We want this to be a surprise,” YellowHeart founder and CEO Josh Katz tells Rolling Stone. “There should be a reveal when it opens, as to what exactly it is.”