Quavo poured his soul right into a Grammys dedication to Takeoff and extra lives misplaced within the music trade in 2022.
The 31-year-old musician carried out a tribute to his nephew and late band member from The Migos, Takeoff, on the sixty fifth Grammy Awards ceremony.
The rapper carried out a model of his tribute tune “Without You,” which displays on the lack of his former collaborator. He was accompanied by the Maverick City Music choir which helped him sing out emotionally;
Out within the galaxy, up within the stars
Over the universe, it’s larger than Mars
See you in Heaven, see you in Heaven
When I see you in Heaven, I’ma be with my dawg
Quavo Holds Up Takeoff’s Chain On Stage At Grammys
The tune was launched on January 5, with a music video exhibiting Quavo smoking a joint whereas listening to the monitor. Quavo expresses his grief over Takeoff’s loss of life within the tune and longs for a time machine to have him again.
During the tribute, Quavo held up Takeoff’s chain within the foreground.
QUAVO HOLDING TAKEOFF CHAIN IM CRYING 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #Grammys2023 #GRAMMYs #quavo #TakeOff pic.twitter.com/rN0dj1jfY3
— Bria Okay. (@brialegit) February 6, 2023
He additionally references their transient collaboration with the road “Unc and Phew until infinity.”
Heartfelt tribute to Takeoff by Quavo. I used to be additionally very glad to see DJ KaySlay, Twitch and Hurricane G acknowledged! 🙏🏾🖤 #GRAMMYs #Grammys2023 pic.twitter.com/AzgG9lkGa4
— Liris Crosse (@LirisC) February 6, 2023
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Takeoff was tragically killed on November 1, 2022, on the age of 28, at a Houston venue named 810 Billiards & Bowling. He was with Quavo on the time of the incident, which concerned a altercation that resulted in photographs being fired.
Takeoff suffered gunshot wounds to his head, torso, and arm, and was pronounced useless on the scene at 2:30 a.m.