‘My heart is shattered’: Band mates Offset and Quavo honor Migos rapper Takeoff

After weeks of public silence, rappers Quavo and Offset paid tribute to their Migos band mate Takeoff, who was killed Nov.1 in a shooting outside a Houston bowling alley. Offset on Tuesday wrote a tribute on Instagram and said posting about Takeoff’s death “still doesn’t feel like reality,” largely echoing his emotional remarks at his band mate’s funeral at State Farm Arena in Atlanta last Friday. Quavo, who also performed with Takeoff as the duo Unc & Phew, posted his lengthy tribute to his nephew on Saturday, reflecting on their time together as children and as adults, highlighting Takeoff’s demeanor, humor, triplet flow and even his lack of punctuality that was dubbed “Takeoff Time.” “You never competed with me, we were always on the same team,” he wrote. Quavo said that as kids they dreamed of being professional WWE wrestlers before they thought about pursuing hip-hop and noted that Takeoff was “super quiet though.” “Quietest in the room, always been like that!! Rapper and record executive Gucci Mane on Tuesday released a musical tribute titled “Letter to Takeoff” as a sendoff to the Migos rapper and a number of fallen hip-hop stars, including XXXTentacion and PnB Rock.