" Falling Down " was originally recorded as " Sunlight on Your Skin " during a London studio session between iLoveMakonnen and Lil Peep as part of a collaboration project . The producer claimed the lyrics " Let 's watch the rain while it 's falling down " was described that at the time Lil Peep recorded the song , it was pouring outside . In November 2017 , Lil Peep died from an accidental Fentanyl – Xanax overdose , leaving the project unfinished . The song was played on livestream by iLoveMakonnen following his death and then was uploaded to YouTube as a snippet , where XXXTentacion heard it . iLoveMakonnen never met XXXTentacion but he did once speak with him once over the phone in late 2016 when he was in prison dealing with aggravated battery charges . XXXTentacion contacted iLoveMakonnen and recorded a verse over Makonnen 's in tribute of Lil Peep , the rapper is quoted as saying that if he had seen the better side of Peep before he died then they would have been good friends . XXXTentacion was shot and killed on June 18 , 2018 , leaving the verse to be one of the last he ever recorded
shot and killed
Murder of XXXTentacion
Falling Down (Lil Peep and XXXTentacion song)