Sabaah Folayan's penetrating portrait unveils the teenager, Jahseh Onfroy, behind the artist better known as XXXTentacion. She follows the slain rapper's career from his inauspicious beginnings as a SoundCloud discovery to his becoming one of the most streamed artists in history. The film chronicles his volatile tensions between public and private life, magnifying his struggles with mental health that result in violent altercations, his perpetuation of domestic abuse, and his dealings with the criminal justice system.