Drake Shares His Love For Takeoff During Emotional Speech At Rapper’s Funeral: Watch

Drake, 36, was among the mourners astatine Takeoff‘s Celebration of Life memorial successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Friday, November 11, 2022, and helium took the accidental to stock a idiosyncratic detail. While large names similar Justin Bieber, Alicia Keys, and much were acceptable to perform, it was the “Money In The Grave” rapper who was caught speaking connected video by a stealthy instrumentality who uploaded the clip to Twitter. “Forever balanced,” Drake said from the pulpit successful a video clip that seemed to commencement mid-sentence.

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He past launched into a nuance that he’d noticed astir Takeoff, who died of gunshot wounds during a shooting successful Texas connected Halloween night. “Whenever helium would instrumentality his shades off, helium had this happening astir him that I love. No substance what was going connected astir us, helium was always, benignant of similar squinting. But like, his eyes, were wide open.”

Drake had antecedently taken to Instagram to wage tribute to the aboriginal rapper. “I got the champion memories of each of america seeing the satellite unneurotic and bringing airy to each metropolis we touch,” Drake captioned the Nov 1 pic of the duo onstage. “That’s what I’ll absorption connected for present 😔 remainder casual abstraction antheral Take 🚀.” 

Takeoff was astatine a bowling alley successful Houston erstwhile a combat broke retired successful the aboriginal greeting hours of November 1. He was only 28 astatine the clip of his death. News of the fatal shooting, (which reportedly besides near Quavo‘s adjunct Joshua Washington injured,) rocked the rap assemblage and euphony manufacture astatine large.

Drake and Takeoff (Shutterstock)

Former Destiny’s Child subordinate Kelly Rowland took to Instagram stories to express her shock successful the hours pursuing the news. “Keeping his household successful my prayers! There are nary words…” she wrote. Rapper Ja Rule headed to Twitter. “Rip Takeoff… this sh** has to STOP… sending emotion to friends and family.” And Beyonce notably replaced the landing leafage of her idiosyncratic website with a photograph of Takeoff. “Rest In Power,” she wrote, alongside his fixed name, Kirsnick Khari Ball and the years 1994-2022. 

Gucci Mane, who appeared connected Migos medium Culture II also expressed his grief. “This broke my bosom 💔,” helium wrote. “Rest In Peace.”