After his tragic passing, Takeoff continued to support Offset. On April 15, Offset (aka Kiari Kendrell Cephus) showed off a new Takeoff portrait tattoo on his back in honor of his late cousin and Migos rapper. "Love you 4L and beyond," he captioned two inked Instagram photos of the musician (née Kirsnick Khari Ball) wearing an animal print coat and his signature necklace , surrounded by celestial images - with the addition of a rocket and white heart. and pigeon emoji. Stars like Busta Rhymes, Ty Dolla Sign, Fabolous and Desiigner expressed support in the comments.
It's just the latest tribute to Takeoff, who died at the age of 28 on Nov. 1 following a fatal shooting outside a Houston bowling alley. After celebrating his life at Atlanta's State Farm Arena, Offset previewed a new song featuring Icewear Vezzo and his posthumous Takeoff verse via his Instagram Story in March . A few months ago, the "Clout" rapper also revealed that he projects an image of Takeoff while the Jackson 5's 1971 classic "Never Can Say Goodbye" plays before every show as a way to pay homage to his legacy. So my cousin pays tribute.
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A few weeks after Takeoff's murder, Offset posted an emotional open letter on Instagram. “Dear Take, the pain you have left me is unbearable. My heart is broken and I have so much to say but can’t find the words.” On November 15, he wrote: “I have been sleeping, Hopefully this is all a dream, but this is reality, and reality feels like a nightmare. "Heaven now. I hope you can see how much we love you and miss you. You have left a hole in my heart that will never be filled."
In January, Offset's wife, Cardi B, shared details of how she and her husband were in bed after receiving the tragic news. "He was just screaming, throwing things, throwing up, running around. I was just scared. I was literally crying so hard. It was so scary," she explained on the Jason Lee Podcast . "It was a very sensitive time in my family. I felt like everything was so emotional. It was too much."
While Cardi B and Offset were both in attendance at the 2023 Grammy Awards, Quavo (aka Quavious Keyate Marshall) was the only Migos member to perform during the show's tribute segment; he paid tribute to his nephew with new song "Without You" Takeoff tribute. At the time of the late rapper's passing, the trio had been working on different projects, including Quavo and Takeoff's Onlybuilt for Infinity Links, a duo called Unc and Phew.
