The tragic shooting death of rapper Takeoff has prompted several stars to take to social media to honor the fallen artist.
Takeoff, who was part of the successful group Migos, died early Tuesday morning after shots were fired at a Houston, Texas bowling and pool hall. He was 28.
Ja Rule aired his grievances surrounding Takeoff’s violent death on Twitter, writing, “this sh*t has to STOP… sending love to friends and family”.
Gucci Mane, who recently collaborated with Takeoff on the track “Us vs. Them,” wrote on Instagram, “This broke my heart” upon learning the news.
Other music stars to share tributes and condolences included Chloe Bailey, of Chloe x Halle, who tweeted that her “heart is broken,” and Yung Miami, one half of the hip-hop duo City Girls, who wrote “Damn takeoff” along with three broken heart emojis. Kid Cudi, who worked with Migos on the song “Danger,” tweeted a simple “RIP Takeoff”.
Kelly Rowland shared an Instagram Story in which she exclaimed, “There are NO WORDS” over a news snippet about Takeoff’s death.
And actress Keke Palmer shared on Instagram, “This is horrible. From the tragedy of the death to the tragedy of there being a video of it online. It’s all just tragic and I am so sorry to his whole family and all he touched. Really terrible.”
The tragic shooting death of rapper Takeoff has prompted several stars to take to social media to honor the fallen artist.
Takeoff, who was part of the successful group Migos, died early Tuesday morning after shots were fired at a Houston, Texas bowling and pool hall. He was 28.
Ja Rule aired his grievances surrounding Takeoff’s violent death on Twitter, writing, “this sh*t has to STOP… sending love to friends and family”.
Gucci Mane, who recently collaborated with Takeoff on the track “Us vs. Them,” wrote on Instagram, “This broke my heart” upon learning the news.
Other music stars to share tributes and condolences included Chloe Bailey, of Chloe x Halle, who tweeted that her “heart is broken,” and Yung Miami, one half of the hip-hop duo City Girls, who wrote “Damn takeoff” along with three broken heart emojis. Kid Cudi, who worked with Migos on the song “Danger,” tweeted a simple “RIP Takeoff”.
Kelly Rowland shared an Instagram Story in which she exclaimed, “There are NO WORDS” over a news snippet about Takeoff’s death.
And actress Keke Palmer shared on Instagram, “This is horrible. From the tragedy of the death to the tragedy of there being a video of it online. It’s all just tragic and I am so sorry to his whole family and all he touched. Really terrible.”
Other music stars who offered tributes and condolences included Chloe Bailey of Chloe x Halle, who tweeted that her “heart is broken”, and Yung Miami, half of the hip-hop duo City Girls, who wrote “Damn take off” along with three broken heart emojis. Kid Cudi, who worked with Migos on “Danger”, tweeted a simple “RIP takeoff”.
The Hip Hop Community Is Reeling Over The Untimely Death Of Takeoff.
Teyana Taylor: “Please tell me this is just a bad dream pleaseeeeeeee I don’t want to believe this Lil bro please.”
Jacquees: “The Devil is working but WE KNOW GOD AINT SLEEP! Rest In Paradise my brother @yrntakeoff this shit ain’t believable …love you forever foo..Migo family keep ya head up.”
Miss Free: [Praying emoji] for Takeoff’s family and friends and especially for all his young fans that have to hear this today. Another senseless loss. He was only 28 years old.”
Jemele Hill: “I was in college when Biggie and ‘Pac were killed and thought there was no way we’d ever experience anything remotely close to that again. Now it’s happening so frequently that you barely have time to recover before someone else killed. RIP Takeoff.”
Jake Paul: “Senseless killings need to stop. Need to unify. RIP TAKEOFF. To all the youth…put down the guns and pick up some boxing gloves to settle your differences. Violence is not the answer.”
Katori Hall: “Heartbroken that another street griot’s been taken away from us too soon. Prayers to the family, friends and fans of TakeOff. #RestInPower.”
Christina Milian: “Come on man … that’s heartbreaking and got me pissed off at the same time. That’s terrible news.”
Joyner Lucas: “Takeoff was my favorite Migo. Smh damn.”
Rae Sremmurd: “RIP Takeoff.”
Robert Griffin III: “Rest In Peace to Takeoff. Praying for his family.”
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The rapper, who is part of the group Migos alongside Offset and Quavo, was fatally shot in Houston Nov. 1, a rep for the emcee confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 28.
Authorities confirmed during a news conference that both Takeoff—whose real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball—and Quavo were in attendance at a private party held at 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston when the shooting took place.