Migos’ Takeoff Shot To Death
• Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known as Takeoff, one-third of the Grammy-nominated trio Migos, is dead after he was shot early Tuesday morning outside a bowling alley in Houston, a representative confirmed to the Associated Press. He was only 28.
Police responded shortly after 2:30am to reports of a shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling, where dozens of people had gathered on a balcony outside of the third-floor bowling alley, police said. Officers discovered one man dead when they arrived. Two other people were injured and taken to hospitals in private vehicles. No arrests have been announced.
Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, along with his uncle, Quavo and cousin Offset, who is married to Cardi B. The rap trio from suburban Atlanta first broke through with the massive hit “Versace” in 2013. The song was remixed by Drake, heightening its popularity. The group had four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, though Takeoff was not on their multi-week No. 1 “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert.
Migos put out a trilogy of albums — Culture, Culture II and Culture III, with the first two albums hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. They also earned an ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2018, for their streaming success with multiplatinum songs like “Motorsport (featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj),” “Stir Fry,” and “Walk It Talk It.” [Photo from Complex]
