Trippie Redd and XXXTentacion had a tumultuous relationship while the latter was still alive. They went from being friends to being embroiled in a public beef that threatened to take ugly turns. They managed to patch things up shortly before XXX was killed and, now, Trippie only remembers his departed friend fondly. , but tries to cast his legacy in a positive light. 

On Friday (Jan. 17), Trippie shared a screenshot of DMs that he received from XXXTentacion just five days before his demise. The messages were sent on June 13th of 2018, while X was fatally shot on the 18th. They read: “Hope you see what I was trying to warn you about when you’re out. Get all those demons from around you and get some good energy around you. The company you keep define you to a certain point.” 

Trippie explained the profound impact these words have had on him in the caption of his post. “Best advise I could have ever gotten cause wen I did wat u said it just changed my whole perspective u really truly are the goat still ♾ love u,” he wrote. 

, which was both the title track of X’s latest posthumous album and appeared on Trippie’s A Love Letter To You 4.