Footages of Takeoff leak online, after the member of the Migos group was shot dead at 28 in Houston

The 28-year-old American rapper, Takeoff, was shot dead on Tuesday in a bowling club in Houston, Texas (United States). Two other people were injured and taken to hospital following the gunshots.

Kirshnik Khari Ball (Takeoff), was spending the evening with one of the members of his group when, around 2:30 a.m, the police were called for shootings in a bowling club with a deceased person. Two other people were injured and hospitalized but his uncle, Quavo, another member of the group, was not affected.

The TMZ site released screenshots of the crime scene where we can see Quavo (in an orange shirt) and others gathered around Takeoff. At first they tried to move him, but then put him back down, and Quavo yelled for someone to get help.

Just a couple of hours before the shooting, Takeoff posted a pic of himself lighting up at the bowling alley. Quavo had posted video several hours earlier as he drove around Houston with Jas Prince, who was celebrating his birthday.

An altercation broke out in the club and shots were fired, police in this major city in Texas – one of the least restrictive states in terms of carrying weapons – said during a press briefing. According to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner, the rapper “was not involved in any criminal activity” at the time of the shootings and there is no evidence that he was directly targeted. “Based on what people say about him, he was respected and non-violent,” the policeman said.

Born on June 18, 1994 in Georgia, Takeoff was known for his participation in the rap group Migos with his uncle Quavo and his cousin Offset, who has since left them and is now married to American rapper Cardi B. His violent death was widely commented on social media, with New York Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman saying he was “tired of seeing young black men die”.

The group Migos, originally from Atlanta, rose to prominence in 2013 with their hit “Versace” which Canadian rapper Drake had remixed. But it was 2016’s “Bad and Boujee” that propelled them to the top of the charts thanks to hip-hop production Coach K, which popularized rap from the southern United States, compared to rappers from the north and west of the country.

Their albums “Yung Rich Nation” (2015) and “Culture II” (2018) from the Motown and Capitol Records labels were big hits, followed in 2021 by “Culture III” and their latest title “Messy”.

During numerous interviews granted to the specialized press in the United States, Takeoff spoke of his “pleasure” and his “love” for rap. And back from concerts in Europe, where he is much less known, he said he was impressed by the reception of the fans.

“They don’t speak English but they know all the rhymes, all the lyrics. We played “Versace”, I waved the flag of Paris and the whole building (of the concert) went crazy as if they had scored a soccer goal,” the rapper told Rolling Stone magazine.

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