Takeoff Mural Artist Wants Migos Rapper to Be Remembered Smiling

Takeoff‘s shooting death surprised the world, however specifically his home town of Atlanta, where a graffiti artist was relocated to honor the Migos rap artist with a mural … in bit more than an immediate.

TMZ Hip Hop talked to Armondo Monoletti, the artist who painted Takeoff’s similarity beneath the John Lewis Freedom Parkway bridge near downtown ATL.

Armondo states he could not sleep after hearing the Takeoff news and strongly painted throughout the night … utilizing just the couple of paint cans he had in his toolbox, as all the shops were closed at the time.

He states he purposefully painted Takeoff without his signature sunglasses in order to humanize him, and he likewise wished to reveal him smiling … so fans might leave the grim truth surrounding his death.

Armondo — whose “APE” graffiti tag represents “Armondo Paints Everything” — in fact painted over the DMX mural he developed back in 2021 to produce the Takeoff homage.

He states there was no disrespect meant — similar to he’s provided for Takeoff, he had actually painted the X homage right away after his death.