Katz believes next week’s NFTs, which include candid videos and images taken by Sobande and other team members and friends, capture the nuances of a moment in hyperdrive. Because he was still on the rise, then, professional crews and official footage were absent from the shows. XXXTentacion, real name Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, went on his first and only tour (“The Revenge Tour”) in 2017. Katz describes XXXTentacion as a “genius” who brought music to people “who lived for this guy.” “He had a mom who provided everything for him - food, money, shoes, clothing, a good school, and a home - but he was so deep in his art that he went out of his way to go live on the streets, get into fight clubs, and do all the things he thought made him legitimately real as an artist.” That approach, he says, fostered a new level of fandom. “This jumped out at me as an important project,” Katz says. While the booming NFT market has seen some artworks featuring late celebrities, YellowHeart says no musician’s estate has ever released posthumous music on an NFT. “There should be a reveal when it opens, as to what exactly it is.” “We want this to be a surprise,” YellowHeart founder and CEO Josh Katz tells Rolling Stone. 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. YellowHeart declined to provide previews, price points, or details of the NFTs. They enlisted Stephen Bliss, the artist behind XXXTentacion’s favorite game, Grand Theft Auto, to create unique art for the tokens. 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. 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. 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.
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