Rapper Takeoff of hip hop group Migos killed in Houston shooting,

GhettoSounD Entertainment
Nov 1, 2022
2 min read

Migos rapper Takeoff reportedly dead after he was shot in Houston.

Takeoff, Quavo, and Cardi B's husband Offset make up the group Migos and are blood relatives.

Takeoff, one-third of the hip-hop trio Migos, was shot and killed in Houston, a representative for the city’s police department has confirmed to Variety. He was 28.

The rapper was shot and killed at a bowling alley in downtown Houston where he and Quavo, his uncle and Migos bandmate, were playing dice at around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Officers told KPRC Houston that a crowd of approximately 40 or 50 people was at the scene when the shooting took place and there was a man with a gunshot wound to the head or neck. Takeoff was pronounced dead at the scene, while Quavo was unharmed. Two other people were shot and taken to the hospital.

KHOU reported that police said someone started shooting, sparking guests to flee the area with one victim, Takeoff, shot in the head or neck. Two other unidentified victims were reportedly transported to a local hospital in private vehicles.

At press time a spokesperson for Offset had not returned requests for comment on the incident and a Houston PD spokesperson said there was no additional information on the injured and no suspects in custody.

According to TMZ, Takeoff and Quavo were at 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston playing dice at the afterparty when someone opened fire, with the site posting stills and video of Quavo and others gathered around Takeoff as Quavo yelling for someone to help them; Quavo was not injured in the incident and at press time did not appear to have posted about the shooting.

The shocking killing came just hours after Quavo and Takeoff, under their side project duo name Unc & Phew, released a new Halloween-themed video for their song “Messy.” Born in Lawrenceville, Georgia in 1994, Takeoff teamed with Quavo and Offset in 2008 to form Migos, whose debut mixtape, Juug Season, was released in 2011. The trio broke out two years later with their inescapable hit, “Versace,” which established their signature sound and led to a string of chart smashes, including their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, “Bad and Boujee,” as well as other top 10 hits such as “Stir Fry” and “MotorSport.”

“Bad and Boujee” (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in January and February 2017 and received a Grammy nomination for best rap performance. The trio also reached the top 10 with “MotorSport” (a collab with Nicki Minaj and Cardi B), “Stir Fry” and “Walk It Talk It” (featuring Drake). Migos’ sophomore album, Culture, topped the Billboard 200 in 2017 and received a Grammy nod for a best rap album. Their follow-up, Culture II (2018) also topped the Billboard 200. Culture III (2021) peaked at No. 2. Takeoff released his only solo album, The Last Rocket, in 2018.