Migos Rapper Takeoff Shot Lifeless in Houston at 28

Migos rapper and nephew of Quavo, Takeoff, has died after being shot in Houston aged 28.

Within the early hours of this morning, Houston Police Division reported that they’d attended a capturing, at one which the sufferer was discovered lifeless upon arrival. What adopted was a number of hours of hypothesis on social media concerning the sufferer’s id.

Early experiences indicated that an altercation had unfolded throughout a cube sport by which each Quavo and Takeoff had been in attendance. The 2’s presence throughout the neighborhood of the crime was confirmed by police.

As per TMZ’s preliminary reporting, as many as two different victims had been shot on the scene. Each had been taken to a neighborhood hospital; their circumstances unclear.

On the time of writing, police are but to substantiate the sufferer’s id to media companions. They’ve acknowledged that particulars might be shared as soon as the sufferer’s household is notified and id is verified by Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Takeoff rose to worldwide fame as a part of the rap group Migos. The trio, consisting of Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff, initially burst onto the scene in 2008. Since then, they’ve had 4 studio albums, twelve mixtapes, and forty-seven singles, proving well-liked sufficient to tie the Beatles’ document for simultaneous Billboard Scorching 100 hits

Earlier this 12 months, the group was rumored to have break up, with Offset going solo whereas Takeoff and Quavo fashioned a duo referred to as Unc & Phew (resulting from their blood relation).

The rumors had been finally confirmed in autumn, simply earlier than Takeoff and Quavo launched their debut venture, Solely Constructed for Infinity Hyperlinks, on October 7, 2022.

The lack of Takeoff is the newest in a string of high-profile homicides in hip-hop, following the theft and capturing of PNB Rock in September.