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Rapper Takeoff honoured by fans at Atlanta memorial service

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November 11, 2022
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Fans gathered Friday to remember slain rapper Takeoff, a member of the hip-hop trio Migos, in downtown Atlanta near where the 28-year-old grew up.

State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, hosted a memorial service to celebrate the rapper’s life and music, and a massive sign outside the arena was lit up with the rapper’s image.

Takeoff, born Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed earlier this month outside a Houston bowling alley. A woman and another man were also wounded during the shooting. No arrests have been made.

Jenifer Loving, 22, stood in line with her infant son, Mateo, for more than an hour before doors opened to fans. She said Takeoff’s death was heartbreaking because he was so young.

Migos’s music represented the creativity and culture of the Black community, she said, and she worried the group would be too saddened to make new music — at least for a while.

“It’s just something that you can play anywhere, and everybody will just come out and come around and dance,” she said. “It’s how it brings people together. It’s how it makes the whole room just fill up with positivity.”

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Eric Hood, an Atlanta firefighter, said he was shocked when he heard about Takeoff’s death because he was considered the most laid back of the three members of Migos.

Migos’s music was an “escape” for many people, he said, and he was hopeful the event would leave Takeoff’s family and the rest of the group with lasting memories of him.

“I pray for them,” he said. “I hope they continue to be uplifting, positive, influential members in the society and keep pushing forward.”

Free tickets to the memorial service were available to Georgia residents, but State Farm Arena said well before Friday that the event had reached capacity and fans without tickets should not come downtown.

The venue did not release a program for the event.

Rapper was “well respected”

The Grammy Award-nominated trio Migos also included Takeoff’s uncle Quavo and cousin Offset. All three were largely raised by Takeoff’s mother in an Atlanta suburb. Takeoff was the youngest of the group.

Migos broke out nearly a decade ago with the 2013 hit Versace, which hit even greater heights in popularity through a Drake remix.

Takeoff, of the rap group Migos, performs onstage at the Hard Rock Stadium on June 12, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Fla. Fans gathered in Atlanta on Friday to remember the rapper, who was shot and killed earlier this month outside a Houston bowling alley. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images for LivexLive)

Houston police chief Troy Finner said the day after the shooting that Takeoff was “well respected,” and there was “no reason to believe he was involved in anything criminal at the time.”

Migos’s record label, Quality Control, mourned Takeoff’s death in a statement posted on Instagram that attributed it to “senseless violence and a stray bullet.” Police have said nothing about the gunshot being stray.

Instead of flowers or gifts, his family has asked that people make donations to The Rocket Foundation, which was established in Takeoff’s honour and aims to prevent gun violence, according to its website.



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