Offset Reveals There’s New Music With Takeoff Still To Come 6 Mos. After Rapper’s Death

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“You wanna perceive my past opus with Takeoff?” Offset asks erstwhile speaking with Variety’s Janeé Bolden astir his vocation post-Migos. Six months aft Takeoff was fatally shot extracurricular a Houston bowling alley, Offset, 31, is inactive dealing with the nonaccomplishment portion “going full-fledged” into his solo career. While Bolden doesn’t connection details astir the lyrical contented of Offset’s past collaboration with Takeoff, she writes that Cardi B‘s better half” beams, laughs, raps and gestures on with the lyrics.” The forthcoming opus was recorded past summer.

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“This is maine going full-fledged into my solo career,” says Offset. “The nonsubjective is to bash it afloat and smash crap and fuck the crippled up arsenic a solo artist. I’m coming through, bustin’ done the door. It’s each set, my adjacent chapter. It’s my time.”

The collab connected Offset’s medium — slated for merchandise via Universal’s Capitol Music Group this summertime with a circuit to travel – is not his lone tribute to Takeoff. Offset shared his caller backmost tattoo, a representation of his precocious friend. “It’s my favourite representation of him,” said Offset astir the ink. The representation takes up Offset’s full backmost and shows Takeoff looking astatine peace. “I similar it due to the fact that helium had his glasses off,” said Offset.

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While Offset was jubilant arsenic helium played the song, his temper darkens erstwhile really discussing Takeoff. “It’s hard for maine to speech astir crap close now,” helium says. “I’ve ne'er talked astir this stuff. Seriously. Talking astir Take is hard, man. Talking astir each this crap is hard. That’s wherefore I don’t, to beryllium honest. That crap hurts. Like, it’s gonna enactment maine successful a mood, and I don’t privation to get successful that mood. Some things I don’t ne'er archer nobody. He’s not here. That crap feels fake, bro. I get done my time reasoning it’s fake. And I don’t accidental thing to cipher astir it.”

Offset didn’t talk astir the Migos breakup owed to an ongoing ineligible standup with the group’s label, Quality Control, implicit ownership of his solo recordings. Quavo and Takeoff seemingly confirmed the band’s breakup successful an October 202 interview, “We basal connected existent woody loyalty, and sometimes that sh*t ain’t displayed,” said Quavo, per Vibe. “This ain’t got thing to bash with nary label, nary paperwork, nary QC, nothing. This got thing to bash with the 3 brothers. And sh*t, it is what it is. Right now, we gon’ beryllium the duo ’til clip tell.”

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“We don’t cognize each the answers, you consciousness me? God knows,” said Takeoff. “We commune a lot, you know? Whatever ain’t close and nevertheless you expected to spot it fit, you enactment it backmost unneurotic oregon nevertheless you bash it, we pray. So lone clip volition tell. We ever household now, that ain’t gon’ change.”

Quavo and Offset person had a falling retired since then. Quavo paid tribute to Takeoff without Offset during the 2023 Grammys, and determination was a reported confrontation betwixt the two backstage astatine the awards show. In March, some Quavo and Offset sat separately astatine an Atlanta Hawks game, seemingly not acknowledging the other’s existence.

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