Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28 After Being Shot in Houston
TMZ has reported that Takeoff is dead after being shot in the Houston, Texas area overnight. He was 28.
According to the report, which cited police sources and several alleged witnesses, local officials were first notified of the shooting “shortly after 2:30 a.m.” Both Quavo and Takeoff were at the site, which is said to have been a bowling alley where a dice game was taking place. At one point, an altercation is alleged to have started, followed by gunfire, although additional details regarding what transpired in the moments leading up to the shooting have not been made public.
A separate report from regional outlet KPRC-TV, meanwhile, pointed to a pair of recently shared statements from the Houston Police Department (HPD), which said early Tuesday morning they would not be releasing “an identity of the deceased victim” at this time. Additionally, HPD said two additional injured victims had been taken to nearby hospitals. The outlet later said a Migos representative had confirmed that Takeoff had been fatally shot in Houston during what was reported to be a “private party.” The Associated Press also confirmed the tragic news with a rep.
Complex has reached out to HPD for comment, as well as to a rep for Takeoff. This story will be updated.
Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, last month released his and Quavo’s first album together as a duo, Only Built for Infinity Links. In June of last year, Migos closed out its Culture trilogy with Culture III.
In 2011, the Georgia trio—comprised of family members Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset—made their debut under the Migos name with the Juug Season mixtape before going on to release a slew of increasingly popular projects, including the “Versace”-featuring Y.R.N. tape in 2013 and the aforementioned Culture trilogy, the first two entries of which debuted in the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
The Last Rocket, Takeoff’s lone solo album, arrived in 2018 and featured the single “Last Memory.” In recent months, although no formal announcements had been made regarding a split, Migos had been widely considered to be on pause while the members further explored other artistic territory.
On Monday, Takeoff and Quavo—as a duo, often referred to as Unc and Phew—released a new video for their Only Built for Infinity Links track “Messy.” When speaking with Complex for a recent interview, Quavo pointed to part of what made Takeoff’s approach to songwriting such a crucial element to both the Migos creative process and the Unc and Phew sessions.
“On a lot of the Migos records, [Takeoff] would anchor the song,” Quavo told Complex last month. “Now on a lot of these records, he comes in and is popping off. We are setting up alley-oops like Trae Young and John Collins!”
RIP.
TMZ has reported that Takeoff is dead after being shot in the Houston, Texas area overnight. He was 28.
According to the report, which cited police sources and several alleged witnesses, local officials were first notified of the shooting “shortly after 2:30 a.m.” Both Quavo and Takeoff were at the site, which is said to have been a bowling alley where a dice game was taking place. At one point, an altercation is alleged to have started, followed by gunfire, although additional details regarding what transpired in the moments leading up to the shooting have not been made public.
A separate report from regional outlet KPRC-TV, meanwhile, pointed to a pair of recently shared statements from the Houston Police Department (HPD), which said early Tuesday morning they would not be releasing “an identity of the deceased victim” at this time. Additionally, HPD said two additional injured victims had been taken to nearby hospitals. The outlet later said a Migos representative had confirmed that Takeoff had been fatally shot in Houston during what was reported to be a “private party.” The Associated Press also confirmed the tragic news with a rep.
Complex has reached out to HPD for comment, as well as to a rep for Takeoff. This story will be updated.
Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, last month released his and Quavo’s first album together as a duo, Only Built for Infinity Links. In June of last year, Migos closed out its Culture trilogy with Culture III.
In 2011, the Georgia trio—comprised of family members Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset—made their debut under the Migos name with the Juug Season mixtape before going on to release a slew of increasingly popular projects, including the “Versace”-featuring Y.R.N. tape in 2013 and the aforementioned Culture trilogy, the first two entries of which debuted in the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
The Last Rocket, Takeoff’s lone solo album, arrived in 2018 and featured the single “Last Memory.” In recent months, although no formal announcements had been made regarding a split, Migos had been widely considered to be on pause while the members further explored other artistic territory.
On Monday, Takeoff and Quavo—as a duo, often referred to as Unc and Phew—released a new video for their Only Built for Infinity Links track “Messy.” When speaking with Complex for a recent interview, Quavo pointed to part of what made Takeoff’s approach to songwriting such a crucial element to both the Migos creative process and the Unc and Phew sessions.
“On a lot of the Migos records, [Takeoff] would anchor the song,” Quavo told Complex last month. “Now on a lot of these records, he comes in and is popping off. We are setting up alley-oops like Trae Young and John Collins!”
RIP.
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