in november 2017, lil peep died of a fentanyl overdose. shortly afterwards, lil peep's debut studio album "come over when you're sober, pt. 1" and the lead single "awful things" charted on the "billboard" charts. his death also brought emo hip hop to the forefront again due to his popularity within the subgenre and the changing hip-hop mainstream. in june 2018, xxxtentacion was murdered, and like peep, his albums "17" and "?" charted the following week, along with his hit song "sad!" charting at 1st on the "billboard" hot 100.