Takeoff Dead At 28 After Houston Shooting

    Takeoff has reportedly been killed in a shooting in Houston, Texas.

    According to TMZ, the Migos rapper (real name Kirshnik Khari Ball) was gunned down at 810 Billiards and Bowling in downtown Houston in the early hours of Tuesday (November 1). He was 28 years old.

    Takeoff and Quavo were partaking in a dice game when an altercation broke out and shots were fired, striking Takeoff “either in the head or near to his head.” Despite initial rumors suggesting he was also shot, Quavo was not injured.

    Houston Police announced on Twitter early Tuesday that officers responded to a shooting near 1200 Polk St. One victim was found dead upon arrival, although their identity has yet to be revealed.

    Police later revealed that two other victims were transported to nearby hospitals. Officials confirmed that Takeoff and Quavo were both in attendance at the time of the shooting, per Click2Houston.

    A Twitter user who claimed to have witnessed the shooting tweeted: “Rip takeoff that was sickening to see that happen to you. He minded his business the whole night, I’m sick.”

    A photo allegedly taken moments before the shooting shows Takeoff — wearing the same white t-shirt and black pants as in his last Instagram Story — stood outside the bowling alley with a group of people in Halloween costumes.

    A video circulating social media captures what appears to be Takeoff’s motionless body laying on the ground after the shooting. A distraught Quavo can be seen standing over his body and yelling for help.

    Takeoff’s tragic death comes just weeks after he and Quavo — his uncle — released their joint album Only Built For Infinity Links, which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.

    The Lawrenceville, Georgia native rose to fame in the early 2010s as one-third of the Migos alongside Quavo and Offset. The influential trio broke through with their 2013 single “Versace” and helped popularize the triplet flow — made famous by ’90s groups like Three 6 Mafia and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — among a new generation.

    Migos went on to release a slew of mixtapes, studio albums and hit singles, topping the Billboard charts with Culture, Culture II and the Lil Uzi Vert-assisted “Bad and Boujee.” Takeoff released his first and only solo album, The Last Rocket, in 2018.

    HipHopDX sends its condolences to Takeoff’s family, friends and fans.

    132 thoughts on “Takeoff Dead At 28 After Houston Shooting

    1. When you get money, you can’t be around that element anymore. That’s why successful people move away. He lost his life over nothing, sad.

    2. At some point you have to start blaming rap culture for these deaths. Too many songs promoting drugs, guns, etc. There is no other music genre where that many artists have died in such a short period of time…

      Anyway, sad news, RIP Takeoff.

      1. Yeah that can make for a possible decent debate but quite frankly I think the blame should be pointed at the individual or ppl responsible for the act itself and not a particular genre of music. Totally unnecessary situation to have occurred, RIP.

    3. RIP. REALLY GETTING TIRED OF PEOPLE UPLOADING VIDEOS OF THE DECEASED LAYING IN A POOL OF THEIR OWN BLOOD. ITS VERY TASTELESS AND DESENSITIZING.

      1. HEY YOU WERE RAISED ON THE INTERNET STREETS. YOU ARE A VICTIM TOO. I FEEL FOR YOUR POPS FOR HAVING A LOSER WANNABE THUG FOR A SON.

    4. It’s so tragic when you notice how straight senseless and meaningless the circumstances are under which most of these rap artists get killed. RIP, bro.

    5. It’s so tragic when you notice how straight senseless and meaningless the circumstances are under which most of these rap artists get killed. RIP, bro.

    6. How sad when you wake up in the morning not knowing that it’s your last day. We only breathe by the grace of God. RIP!

    7. Here we go again. Over a dice game. Pathetic. That brother deserves life in prison. I’m getting tired of these silly killings in our community. Some of us kill for fun and over trivial crap. Black lives matter to who exactly….

      1. How bout don’t play dice…shits corny af. Ain’t no of any other race other than the black male ever been killed over a motherfucking dice game. FR! You can take the brotha out the hood but can’t take the hood out the brotha…

        I mean no disrespect but let’s keep it real here….

        And that quagmire dude is str8 puss

    8. Here we go again. Over a dice game. Pathetic. That brother deserves life in prison. I’m getting tired of these silly killings in our community. Some of us kill for fun and over trivial crap. Black lives matter to who exactly….

      1. I was not a fan of dude but your comment was better left unsaid. So disrespectful. You must have a miserable life. Have the decency to refrain from posting distasteful comments.

    9. the rap culture that caused this is the bootleg southern rap culture that took over starting with no limit and then cash money. none of the righteous mcs that built the movement really got paid and most like Q Tip were more famous than their record sales would suggest. these gutter people run rap music because they got paid off it in the 90s and 2000s. this is rap that’s why i never listened to these guys i knew this day was coming

    10. just a straight out accident..he wasnt targeted, wasn’t doing anything and those idiots just fired shots. Houston going to be on lockdown now…they’re not getting away with that unfortunately

      1. Exactly, before the keyboard warriors start talking about “he too rich to be doing…., he should’ve been…..” He wasn’t doing street ish. Just wrong place wrong time. Look at the pic above.

      2. yeah right – he ‘accidentally on purpose’ shot the rap star in the head. please whoever shot “randomly” knew who was in the crowd and shot in that direction. the thing is that there’s so much fake in this world even the stories surrounding their deaths are fake. sad but true

    11. we all know the last names of the execs that promoted this in the hood. i remember fader magazine was heavy on launching these dudes into their hipster market – how many murders are these people responsible for promoting? We know their last names. all these marketing companies are all run by the same last names who profit off these murders

      1. What the fuck are you talking about idiot? A celebrity gets killed, it’s news. How stupid are you. Anyone promotes artists they have a stake in.

      2. hey man i guess everybody stupid these days then. right? no body got no resposinbility for nothing. same way we simple and stupid on here according to you guess that’s why these last names being all similar is something even us dummies can understand. it’s always stupid when you get shot though right? making money is smart right up until you get shot, then you just dumb right

    12. Never understood the logic of a dice game with niggas who most likely can’t afford to take no real losses. RIP, and please can we start moving better and smarter?

    13. also these clowns popularized the hair extensions and dirty ass dreads you see on losers everywhere now. if you have dreads and can’t name one greg issacs tune yard karma is coming for you

    14. Rest in peace why do more and more of young rappers keep getting their life taken away in such violent circumstances

    15. This is the end result of this lifestyle either jail or end up dead. Making millions and making it out of the hood but the hood in you still remains which results in getting gunned down like a dog.
      Niggas aint learnt from Pac and Big to PNB, Dolph and Nip.

    16. Really fucked wit dude… this is tragic. Best of the migos. Take off kept it 100. Youngest one. Rip young g.

    17. The Migos ain’t street dudes. This situation just jumped off from an altercation from a dice game. Unfortunately TakeOff was the one who got shot twice. It could’ve been anyone who died but it was TakeOff. RIP bro.

    18. if certain people in one “community” didn’t take a particular interest in taking advantage of bad situations and actively promoting the worst parts of another, poorer “community” for entertainment then systematically keeping all the money for themselves through whatever streaming theft – then certain messages would have no weight no staying power and would be immediately discredited as false.

      1. Business men exploit what ever brings them money. If we’re going to point fingers then let’s do it completely, because just as these record execs are to blame, so are the masses that consume it and these artist that push it.

      2. so whoever profits isn’t at fault? they parachute themselves into these situations, escalate these situations promote these situations to people who are less fortunate and simply don’t have the power to choose other alternatives than the ones shoved at them daily by certain people. who never support anything positive from the hood. certain people say anything positive is boring or old or both and they have more coming on the knucklehead train

    19. Damn. Too young to be dying over foolishness. Quavo and Offset might as well squash whatever beef or disagreement they have. You never know.

      1. True, I would like to see a stronger bond formed between Quavo and Offset. It’s sad that it did not happen when TakeOff was still with us. That’s to say if they were not amicable at the time of TakeOff’s death. RIP TakeOff.

    20. Offset and Takeoff might as well squash whatever beef or disagreement they have. Life is too short. You never know

    21. If wonder if someone these Yewish and Yitalian record execs will give deals to some of these conscious rappers or empowerment rappers. I’m sure there are rappers coming out the hood who are just as talented as the street and trap rappers. People who rap about life and other things. Who ever controls distribution controls the narrative. Remember that.

    22. When are these racist cops and white people going to stop killing our people? I know this was the 12’s. BLM y’all! Also, it was the gun’s fault.

    23. This reminds me of the King Von shooting. I dont agree with rappers from other cities hanging out in hoods they aint from. Stay in your lane. If it aint your city, limit your out of state travel to high profile tourist attractions and celebrity gatherings.

    24. We all got robbed today…robbed of a gifted, ambitious, and talented young man. We’re losing assets…BUT…grown men in our culture have already quietly started to level up and take responsibility for themselves, their families and their communities. They’re sipping less and less of the thug/pimp/trapper kool aid that’s been sending some of our best and brightest to jail and/or an early grave… If anything is to be gained in a catastrophic tragedy like this, it’s probably going to speed up this period of atonement. Long live the spirit…

    25. We all got robbed today…robbed of a gifted, ambitious, and talented young man. We’re losing assets…BUT…grown men in our culture have already quietly started to level up and take responsibility for themselves, their families and their communities. They’re sipping less and less of the thug/pimp/trapper kool aid that’s been sending some of our best and brightest to jail and/or an early grave… If anything is to be gained in a catastrophic tragedy like this, it’s probably going to speed up this period of atonement. Long live the spirit…

    26. When keeping it real goes terribly wrong. Shooting dice as high profile rappers in a public space? Come on guys. Go to Vegas for goodness sake. This is very sad.

    27. Take Off died like a Real One. He really lived what he rapped out, much respect homie, Rest in Power. You went out like a Real One, other rappers need to stop being actors or they gonna win Emmy’s

    28. Take Off died like a Real One. He really lived what he rapped out, much respect homie, Rest in Power. You went out like a Real One, other rappers need to stop being actors or they gonna win Emmy’s

    29. Take Off died like a Real One. He really lived what he rapped out, much respect homie, Rest in Power. You went out like a Real One, other rappers need to stop being actors or they gonna win Emmy’s

    30. Take Off died like a Real One. He really lived what he rapped out, much respect homie, Rest in Power. You went out like a Real One, other rappers need to stop being actors or they gonna win Emmy’s

    31. Take Off died like a Real One. He really lived what he rapped out, much respect homie, Rest in Power. You went out like a Real One, other rappers need to stop being actors or they gonna win Emmy’s

    32. Extremely sad. But then again why are these rappers going to hoods in cities they’re not from. On top of that the migos was from the suburbs, so why are they going to the hood at all

    33. Extremely sad. But why are rappers going to hoods in cities they’re not from. On top of that the migos are from the suburbs, so why are they even engaging in hood culture

    34. Why should I care about this thug lifestyle promoting dude getting shot. He shouldn’t have been around a bunch of ninjas with all that money! Just another dead rapper. They don’t care about the violence they promote in our community.

    35. “The culture” strikes again. Everybody knows not to go to the dice game without a strap but do you niccas ask yaself why the fuck you would even wanna be in that position!?

    36. Sad part, this was over a dice game and several lives were ruined yesterday.. know when you lost, take that L, bounce back and live to see another day. I know we like to talk sh*t in the comments and have fun but be safe out there.

    37. Takeoff didn’t die. It’s just someone shooting a very realistic scene for a pharrell single featuring takeoff and quavo. Yall buyed into the marketing too much

    38. RIP. My heart goes out to family and friends. Can we put the guns down and raise a fist. No one knows the grief of a mother who loses their child or the grief of one that has to relive it each time it happens to another mother. Please stop this unnecessary forever pain

    39. 1) This quagmire dude is pussy.
      2) Stay the fuck away from petty ass shit like dice games unless in the comfort of your own home or surrounded by shooters.
      3) Don’t shoot dice cuz that shit is corny af.
      4) Only the African American male has been killed over a fucking dice game.
      5) Key Word: GAME. A fucking “game!”
      6) The African American male continues to kill other African American males than will turn around and scream that Black Lives Matter…
      7) All lives matter, and I’m still alive cuz I don’t do dumb shit like shoot dice in bowling alleys and shit.

    40. 1)This quagmire dude is pussy.
      2) Stay the fuck away from petty ass shit like dice games unless in the comfort of your own home or surrounded by shooters.
      3) Don’t shoot dice cuz that shit is corny af.
      4) Only the African American male has been killed over a fucking dice game.
      5) Key Word: GAME. A fucking “game!”
      6) The African American male continues to kill other African American males than will turn around and scream that Black Lives Matter…
      7) All lives matter, and I’m still alive cuz I don’t do dumb shit like shoot dice in bowling alleys and shit.

    41. Reminds me of the Big L song “Casualties of a dice game”.. this shit happened right after they were on Drink Champs saying that they move properly. In this case it definitely wasn’t proper smh. You can’t be out here shooting dice as big of an artist as he was. If you need to gamble, take security and go to a casino. Leave that street shit alone where it’s at. I wasn’t really a Migo fan but it is sad that this young man lost his life over some bullshit that could have been avoided… J.prince can’t save anyone

    42. Reminds me of the Big L song “Casualties of a dice game”.. this shit happened right after they were on Drink Champs saying that they move properly. In this case it definitely wasn’t proper smh. You can’t be out here shooting dice as big of an artist as he was. If you need to gamble, take security and go to a casino. Leave that street shit alone where it’s at. I wasn’t really a Migo fan but it is sad that this young man lost his life over some bullshit that could have been avoided… J.prince can’t save anyone

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