TAKE OFF. Rapper Takeoff, a member of the group Migos, was shot and killed in Houston while playing dice at a bowling club in the city with Quavo, another rapper of the trio.
[Mis à jour le 2 novembre 2022 à 10h13] US rap struck by a new drama: rapper Takeoff died, shot and killed in Houston, Texas, on the night of Monday October 31 to Tuesday November 1, 2022. He was 28 years old. Information revealed by the American site TMZ and confirmed by the Associated Press agency, according to which Kirshnik Khari Ball, of his real name, was playing dice in a bowling club in the city, with Quavo, his uncle and member of the Migos group, of which he was also a member. part.
The shooting took place around 2:30 a.m. Also according to TMZ, two other people were shot dead and Takeoff, who was shot in or near the head, was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooters are on the run, no arrests have yet been made.
The shock of Takeoff’s death
Since the announcement of Takeoff’s death, all of world rap has expressed its sadness. The rapper’s murder is inevitably reminiscent of that of other young artists in recent years, such as XXX Tentacion, Pop Smoke, Nispey Hussle, Young Dolph and, of course, less recently, Notorious BIG and Tupac. Takeoff’s disappearance will only rekindle the debate about gun violence in the United States.
Takeoff’s death also inevitably sparked an outpouring of tributes around the world. “May God bless our dead and God protect our lives. Pray for the Migos family. Pray for my people so that we can one day end this war with ourselves”, writes for example Killer Mike, when Chance the Rapper shares a photo of himself alongside the late artist, offering a prayer.
Migos Member Takeoff
Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the group Migos was born in 2009. The trio, composed of Quavo, Quavious Keyate Marshall of his real name, Takeoff and Offset, whose full name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, became known in 2013 with his single Versace. In all, Migos have released four albums Yung Rich Nation (2015), Culture (2017), Cultivation II (2018) and Cultivation III (2021). For his album Cultivation IIthe trio had brought together many renowned artists, from drake to Travis Scott, via Nicki Minaj, Post Malone or Cardi B.
Takeoff and Quavo’s latest music video, titled Messy, was uploaded to YouTube shortly before the tragedy. More than members of the same music group, Quavo, Takeoff and Offset come from the same family. Quavo and Offset are indeed cousins. While Takeoff was Quavo’s nephew.