Police said that two others were shot and taken to the district hospital in private vehicles.
Police said that two others were shot and taken to the district hospital in private vehicles.
Rapper Takeoff, a member of Grammy-nominated hip hop trio Migos, was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, according to entertainment outlet TMZ. He was 28 years old.
TMZ said that rapper-born Kirshnick Khari Ball was playing dice with fellow Migos member Quavo at around 2:30 p.m. Houston police said they reported the shootings overnight and that one person died on the spot, but would not confirm the victim’s identity until the family was notified.
Two others were shot and taken to the district hospital in private vehicles, police said.
According to TMZ, Migos’s Quavo was also present, but was not injured.
Born on June 18, 1994, Takeoff was best known for his membership in Migos with Quavo, his uncle, and Offset, his once-removed first cousin, who is today married to fellow rapper Cardi B.
The Atlanta-based Migos brought to prominence their viral 2013 hit “Versace,” which Drake remixed.
It was 2016’s “Bad and Boozy” that first saw her hit number one.
The trio, managed by hip hop powerhouse Koch, is widely considered to be influential in bringing contemporary Southern trap, a popular and influential rap sub-genre, into the rap mainstream.
After her debut album “Young Rich Nation” in 2015, she debuted on Billboard’s Top Albums with her sophomore album “Culture”.
After signing a deal with Motown and Capitol Records in 2017, they followed up with “Culture II”, once again reaching the top of the charts.
In 2021, he completed the trilogy with “Culture III”. They recently released a new music video for the track “Messy”.