Quavo Pays Tribute To Takeoff With Maverick City Music At The Grammys

Quavo memorialized the precocious rapper Takeoff with a moving show astatine the 65th Annual Grammy Awards connected Sunday, February 5. The rapper honored his erstwhile Migos bandmate with an affectional tribute alongside the Maverick City Music choir. Quavo, 31, performed his song “Without You,” which helium released 2 months aft Takeoff’s decease successful November.

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Quavo sported a achromatic theatrical disguise arsenic helium sat successful beforehand of a projection of Takeoff. Other philharmonic icons who person passed were shown down Quavo during the in-memoriam segment, including Stephen “tWitch” Boss. An bare stool was besides placed adjacent to Quavo with Takeoff’s concatenation astir the microphone. At the extremity of the performance, Quavo held the concatenation up successful tribute to Takeoff.

Quavo’s tribute show to Takeoff. (Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

In the song, Quavo honors his Migos bandmate, and vows to spot him again someday with touching lyrics, some reflecting connected the clip they shared unneurotic and speaking astir however hard immoderate things person been since Takeoff was murdered. “I don’t cognize if I’m the aforesaid without you,” helium raps. “When I spot you successful Heaven, I’ma beryllium with my dawg.”

Takeoff, whose existent sanction was Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed astatine a bowling alley successful Houston connected November 1. He was 28 years old. His lawyer Drew Findling shared the bittersweet quality of his passing successful a statement. “Along with my firm, I americium devastated by the tragic death of Kirshnik Ball, known to his fans arsenic Takeoff,” helium said astatine the time. “Takeoff was not lone a superb philharmonic creator with unlimited endowment but besides a uniquely benignant and gentle soul. He volition beryllium greatly missed present and always.”

A suspect, Patrick Xavier Clark was arrested and charged successful December, but helium has pleaded not blameworthy to the charges. He was released connected $1 cardinal enslaved successful aboriginal January, according to Variety.

Quavo and Takeoff execute unneurotic arsenic Migos astatine a February 2020 performance successful Miami. (Alex Pesantes/imageSPACE/Shutterstock)

Quavo was a subordinate of the rap radical Migos with Takeoff and chap rapper Offset, 31. Takeoff was his nephew, portion Offset is their cousin. While the radical hadn’t released an medium unneurotic since June 2021, Quavo and Takeoff did merchandise the collaborative record Only Built For Infinity Links just weeks earlier Takeoff’s decease successful October 2022.

After Takeoff’s death, tributes for the precocious rapper poured successful from crossed the euphony world, including from Drake, who toured with the trio successful 2018. Both Quavo and Offset each honored Takeoff with statements aft his passing. “You volition proceed to nonstop your blessings down from heaven,” Quavo wrote successful a lengthy tribute.

Offset didn’t share a tribute until 2 weeks aft his death. He shared a video from his ceremonial and wrote a heartfelt tribute to him. “Dear Take, doesn’t consciousness existent posting you similar this…. This inactive doesn’t consciousness similar reality. I’ve been searching for the close words to say, but determination aren’t immoderate that volition suffice. Until we conscionable again, Rest In Power. I emotion you,” helium wrote.

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