Rapper XXXtentacion shot dead in Florida

20-year-old rising star shot outside motorbike dealership and pronounced dead in hospital

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Deerfield Beach, Florida: Authorities say troubled rapper-singer XXXtentacion has been fatally shot in Florida.

The Broward Sheriff's Office says the 20-year-old rising star was pronounced dead Monday evening at a Fort Lauderdale-area hospital. He was shot earlier Monday outside a Deerfield Beach motorcycle dealership.

No arrests have been made in the shooting, and investigators haven't named any suspects.

XXXtentacion was a rising star and notched a No. 1 album in April with his sophomore effort "?'', but was facing trial on charges that he beat up his pregnant girlfriend.

His real name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy.

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