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Florida hip-hop artist XXXTentacion was shot dead Monday in what officials believe to have been an armed robbery. Reception to his death has been mixed - with many artists coming out on Twitter to lament his wasted potential. The death was also met with as much controversy as he received during his life. 

XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, spent much of his career in jail for various felonies, and most upsettingly - severely assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. Memers do not take kindly to injustices such as this. While redditors generally avoid meme-ing the dead, XXXTentacion's sinister side makes memers feel this is an exception. And the memes are kinda brutal. Even more unsettling? The bizarre conspiracy theories that Jahseh is still alive. It seems fans have been spreading an old clip of the artist claiming he is still alive, and it has caused a great amount of confusion.

Gather 'round everyone, this has got to be one of the best memes of 2018 so far! The meme stems from a pic of hip-hop artists Young Thug and Lil Durk working together in the studio, making very meme-able facial expressions. Scroll down to see the hysterical meme creations!

Beyonce and Jay Z (AKA The Carters) just released the first single off their new album Everything is Love (only available on Jay Z's service Tidal) called "Apesh*t" and the music video has turned out to be a goldmine of memes. The video is set at The Louvre and features iconic works of art and epic dance moves, for which people have drawn their own symbolic conclusions. 

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. recently tweeted a story about a prank-gone-wrong that he tried to play on J. Prince, the CEO of Houston-based Rap-A-Lot-Records. Hilarity ensued.

Thanks, Pusha T! The rapper's ongoing feud with Drake has resulted in a particularly scathing and revelatory diss track, in which Pusha revealed that Drake has been hiding a secret child. 

"You are hiding a child, let that boy come home/ Deadbeat mothaf*cka, playin' border patrol, ooh/ Adonis is your son/ And he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that's real/ Love that baby, respect that girl/ Forget she's a porn star, let her be your world, ugh"

The track refers to Drake's alleged child with former adult star Sophie Brussaux. The bombshell news has been unavoidable on the internet for the past two days, with the rapper receiving criticism for not being a father figure. We're less interested in the criticism than these ultra-petty memes and tweets. If these are a sign of what's to come, we can't wait for the Drake's response.