Migos Rapper Takeoff Dead at 28, Shot in Houston

Takeoff, one-third of Migos, is dead after a morning shooting in Houston … TMZ Hip Hop has actually verified.

Law enforcement sources, and numerous witnesses, inform us the deadly event decreased quickly after 2:30 AM … that’s when police officers got the call for a male contended a bowling street called 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston.

We’re informed Takeoff and Quavo existed playing dice when a run-in broke out which’s when somebody opened fire, shooting Takeoff … either in the head or close to his head. He was noticable dead on the scene.

TMZ Hip Hop has actually acquired video from the scene, and you can see Quavo — in an orange t-shirt — and others collected around Takeoff. At initially they attempted to move him, however then put him pull back, and Quavo screamed for somebody to get assistance.

Police inform us 2 other individuals were shot and were required to the medical facility in personal automobiles. It’s uncertain what their conditions are. Quavo was not hurt.

Just a number of hours prior to the shooting, Takeoff published a selfie from the bowling street. Quavo had actually published video previously in the night, driving around Houston with Jas Prince, who was commemorating his birthday.

Takeoff, who’s genuine name is Kirshnik Khari Ball, was the youngest member of Migos. Quavo was his uncle, and Offset his cousin.

They came together as a group in 2008 in Georgia, and ended up being multi-platinum hitmakers … dropping their very first significant strike, “Versace,” in 2013. They would hit top on Billboard in 2016 with “Bad and Boujee.”

Most just recently, Quavo and Offset had actually launched a task as the duo, Unc & Phew. They had actually simply launched their most current video, “Messy,” on Monday.