Rapper Takeoff of the group Migos performs onstage on the Rolling Loud Festival at NOS Events Center on December 16, 2017 in San Bernardino, California. Images)
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Takeoff, a member of the Atlanta-based hip-hop trio Migos, died early Tuesday in a downtown Houston shooting, an attorney for the rapper confirmed.
“Takeoff was not only a superb musical artist with unlimited talent but additionally a uniquely kind and delicate soul. He will probably be greatly missed now and all the time,” said attorney Drew Findling in an announcement to NBC.
The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was fatally shot outside of a bowling alley where he and bandmate Quavo, 31, attended a personal party.
Police responded to the shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling shortly after 2:30 a.m. and once there, found one man dead from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle or neck, police said. A big crowd of 40 to 50 people were at the placement when the shooting took place, NBC Houston affiliate KPRC reported, and two victims in unknown conditions were taken to nearby hospitals.
Security guards who were in the world heard the shooting but didn’t see who did it, a police spokesperson said. No arrests have been announced.
Takeoff was a part of Migos together with Quavo and Offset. The rap group, founded within the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville in 2008, had 4 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including 2016’s Grammy-nominated “Bad and Boujee.” They released a trilogy of top-charting albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III.”
Earlier this month, Takeoff and Quavo debuted a latest album “Only Built for Infinity Links,” without member Offset. Offset, who’s married to rapper Cardi B, released a solo album in 2019.
