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How Are Migos Related? What to Know About Takeoff, Quavo and Offset

Quavo's mother raised all three of them in the suburbs of northern Atlanta, reports say

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Rapper Takeoff, a member of the group Migos, was shot and killed at a Houston bowling alley.

Takeoff, one of the members of the Atlanta-based rap trio Migos, was shot dead outside a Houston bowling alley where he and groupmate Quavo had been attending a private party early Tuesday, the artist's attorney confirmed.

He was 28 years old. The police investigation is still in its early stages. As we await more details on the probe, many are asking questions about the group.

Who are Migos and how are they related?

The original trio is Takeoff (Kirshnik Khari Ball, age 28), Quavo (Quavious Keyate Marshall, age 31) and Offset, Cardi B's husband (Kiari Kendrell Cephus, age 30). Takeoff was Quavo's nephew, and Offset is a cousin. Quavo's mother Edna Marshall raised the three of them in the same small house in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Rolling Stone reported.

Sergeant Michael Arrington of the Houston Homicide Division called on eyewitnesses to help identify the gunman who killed Migos rapper Takeoff at a Houston-area bowling alley Monday night. Tips can be called into the Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or anonymously at 713-222-TIPS.

Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, which first broke through with the massive hit “Versace” in 2013. The song was remixed by Drake, heightening its popularity.

The group had four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, though Takeoff was not on their multi-week No. 1 “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. They put out a trilogy of albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III,” with the first two albums hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

After the murder of Migos rapper Kirsnick Khari Ball, better known as Takeoff, Houston police chief Troy Finner announced that the department would be organizing a committee to better support and protect the city’s artists. “Sometimes the hip-hop community gets a bad name… [but there are] a lot of great people in the hip-hop community. And I respect them.”

They also earned an ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2018, for their streaming success with multiplatinum songs like “Motorsport (featuring Cardi B and Nicki Minaj),” “Stir Fry,” and “Walk It Talk It.”

The trio also played a fictional version of themselves on an episode of the hit TV show “Atlanta,” but the group wasn't together at the time.

Offset released a solo album in 2019, while Takeoff and Quavo released a joint album “Only Built for Infinity Links” last month. The trio grew up listening to artists like Tupac, Biggie, Lil Wayne, Master P and Outkast. The older two played high school football where they grew up as well, Rolling Stone reported.

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