Takeoff, Offset and Quavo of Migos.Photo:Taylor Jewell/Getty
Taylor Jewell/Getty
Offset and Quavo are honoring their late Migos group member,Takeoff, one year after he was fatally shot at a Houston bowling alley.
“Can’t forget it won’t Forget It NEVER Forget it 🚀♾️ I Remember!,”Quavo, 32, captioned a black-and-whiteInstagramphotograph of his nephew smiling on Tuesday.
Migos Rapper Takeoff.Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Offset, 31, also shareda heartfelt tributeon social media.
“The times we spent is priceless what we built in this game they never wanted to give us our flowers we influenced the world…I Love you Take you still here with us I just know you are!!!! Migo 4Life!!!!!!” he said Wednesday.
Included in the post wasa videoof the late “MotorSport” artist. Portions of the clip showed the trio performing onstage together.
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Takeoff was killed in the early hours of Nov. 1, 2022.
At the time, he and Quavo were attending a private event together around Halloween weekend when gunshots rang out after an altercation. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner later stated that Takeoff wasnot the intended target.
“This morning at 2:34 a.m., officers received a call of a shooting in progress. Officers arrived there shortly thereafter — a downtown location, Billiards & Bowling Alley. They came upon a male who was deceased. That male has been identified as Kirsnick Ball, better known as Takeoff. He’s a member of the Migos rap group out of Atlanta,” Finner said at a press conference.
Migos.Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images
“I got many calls from Houston and outside of Houston. And everyone spoke of what a great young man this is, how peaceful he is. What a great artist.”
Takeoff’s record label, Quality Control, also confirmed the tragedy.
“It is with broken hearts and deep sadness that we mourn the loss of our beloved brother Kirsnick Khari Ball, known to the world as Takeoff. Senseless violence and a stray bullet has taken another life from this world and we are devastated,” their statement read.
The Grammy-nominated rap group was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. They collaborated with industry artists likeDrake,Katy Perry,Nicki Minaj, and Offset’s wife,Cardi B.
Migos members Takeoff, Quavo, and Offset with Cardi B.Kevin Mazur/Getty for NARAS
In July, Quavo posted a video to his YouTube channel titled “A Conversation For The Fans.” In the upload, the “Bad and Boujee” artist opened up about how he’d been coping with the loss of his relative.
“I miss him a lot and I love him,” he said. “He know I love him. That’s what we always know. So when you see me and you see me smiling or something like that, you don’t gotta never think I forgot about him or I’ll forget about him. I think about him all the time.Sometimes I cry myself to sleep. And that’s it. I just know he’s here. If I can’t feel him, I just know he’s around.”
source: people.com
