For years, rapper Offset (actual identify Kiari Kendrell Cephus) screamed his north Atlanta delight to anybody who’d hear. On every music he recorded as a part of the hip-hop trio the Migos, the group would yell, ‘Nawf,’ a short-handed slang time period for Atlanta’s north facet. Lastly, after almost a decade and a half, his hometown is returning the love.
Throughout his inaugural Offset Toy Giveaway Day (on December 23), the “54321” rapper was stunned by his hometown of Lawrenceville’s mayor David Nonetheless and different Gwinnett County officers whereas giving items to the youngsters residents for Christmas. In between current exchanges, Mayor Nonetheless and different officers joined the rapper onstage to current him with a key to the county.
The rapper opened his speech by thanking all in attendance for the position they’ve performed in his profession, saying, “I simply wished to present again to my neighborhood. Because of all the youngsters for at all times supporting me and at all times listening to me and at all times simply being there for me, you already know,” however including, “Y’all maintain me up. You already know we’ve been going by way of a tricky time, however God is nice.”
This yr has undoubtedly been a tricky one for the daddy of six. After shedding his cousin and former groupmate, Takeoff, final month, he started battling a deep melancholy which led him to step away from music. Though Offset has returned to the general public eye with a number of performances, he admits he nonetheless has an extended highway to journey on his therapeutic journey.
Offset additionally took to Instagram to thank those that couldn’t attend the ceremony, “I’m going to be sure that I do extra for my neighborhood, not simply holidays or a one-time factor I would like to have the ability to change it. Thank God for blessing me to have the ability to bless others. It’s not only a present. It’s assist to my facet the NAWF be a greater place.”
Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, is positioned nearly 30 miles north of the town’s downtown district, shaping Offset’s leisure curiosity from his quick profession as knowledgeable dancer and his eventual pursuit of music.
