Gucci Mane has paid tribute to frequent collaborator Takeoff, sharing a brand new track in honour of the late Migos member – who was fatally shot earlier this month – titled ‘Letter To Takeoff’.
“How the fuck we gon’ lose Takeoff? Damn, he didn’t deserve it / We don’t supposed to question God, but, damn, Takeoff was perfect,” Gucci raps on the Zaytoven-produced monitor.
Gucci additionally references the capturing deaths of XXXTentacion (in 2016), Young Dolph (in 2021) and PnB Rock (in September of this yr). He additionally remembers Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo, who died in a automobile crash in 2016. The track arrives alongside a video directed by Joe Yung Spike. Watch that beneath:
“Long live The Rocket. We love you, Takeoff. We miss you already. We never gon’ forget you,” Gucci says in the course of the monitor’s spoken outro, earlier than sharing his condolences to Takeoff’s household.
“Let’s start giving our loved ones they flowers while they here, because it’s crazy out here,” the rapper continues. One day you’re right here, the subsequent day you may be gone. And it’s unhappy. Takeoff, you’ll without end be in my coronary heart.
“It’s been over ten years since I met you at my studio. I knew immediately you would be a star. You left behind some amazing memories that will last forever. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about you. We talk about you still, and you will never be forgotten.”
Gucci, who was considered one of many who attended Takeoff’s funeral in Atlanta on Friday (November 11), collaborated with Migos many instances over the course of their respective careers. The trio – Takeoff, Quavo and Offset – launched one full-length challenge with Gucci, the 2014 mixtape ‘The Green Album’.
Migos additionally featured on Gucci Mane’s 2017 monitor ‘I Get The Bag’ and 2018’s ‘Solitaire’. Gucci, in flip, appeared on lots of Migos’ songs, together with ‘Slippery’ (from 2017’s ‘Culture’) and ‘CC’ (from 2018’s ‘Culture II’). Gucci additionally featured on ‘Us vs. Them’, a monitor from Takeoff and Quavo’s collaborative album ‘Only Built For Infinity Links’, which arrived final month.
Takeoff, actual identify Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed throughout an altercation at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas within the early hours of November 1. He was 28 years outdated. The rapper’s demise was dominated a murder. In a statement, Migos’ label, Quality Control, mentioned he had been killed by a “stray bullet”.
Both Quavo and Offset have paid tribute to their bandmate and relative. Quavo, who was Takeoff’s uncle, shared a prolonged eulogy over the weekend. “Nothing ever bothered Take and he didn’t bother anybody,” Quavo wrote, calling his nephew “by far the funniest person in [the] room”.
On Tuesday (November 15), Offset shared his personal tribute. “The pain you have left me with is unbearable. My heart is shattered and I have so many things to say, but I can’t find the words,” he mentioned.
“I wish I could hug you one last time. Laugh one last time. Smoke one last time. Perform one last time,” Offset, who delayed the discharge of his forthcoming solo album in mild of Takeoff’s demise, mentioned. “I know someone with a soul like yours is in 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.”
The likes of Drake, Cardi B, Dave, Rick Ross, Ja Rule, Kid Cudi, AJ Tracey, Rae Sremmurd, Wiz Khalifa, City Girls‘ Yung Miami, DJ Premier and Cordae have all additionally paid their respects on social media.
As of but, no arrests have been made in relation to Takeoff’s demise. Earlier this week, the rapper’s aunt – Quavo’s sister – referred to as for the gunman to be recognized. “Find out who did this to my NEPHEW,” she wrote on social media. “By any MEANS.”
Forming Migos in 2008 with Quavo and Offset, Takeoff would go on to launch greater than a dozen mixtapes and 4 studio albums with the group, most not too long ago ‘Culture III’ in 2021. He launched his debut solo album ‘The Last Rocket’ in 2018.