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Quavo Shares Heartfelt Tribute To Takeoff: 'Since We Were Kids You Been By My Side'

The rapper reflected on the many sweet memories he had with Takeoff since childhood.

November 14, 2022 at 11:36 pm

Quavo went to Instagram to reveal an emotional tribute he dedicated to fellow Migos rapper Takeoff, who was shot and killed on Nov. 1 in Houston. In his heartfelt statement, Quavo reflected on his childhood memories with Takeoff and illustrated the beloved traits of the late rapper.

“Throughout this whole time he had a REAL passion for music,” Quavo wrote. “It was HIS dream to become a rapper cuz I didn’t kno what I wanted to do. Then he created his triplet flow and the rest was HISTORY. He never worried about titles, credit, or what man got the most shine, that wasn’t him. He didn’t care about none of that as long as we brought it back home to the family!”

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Recalling the memories of their younger days, Quavo said his beloved friend has always been by his side.

“Dear Take, It’s so hard to tell you Ima miss you because you always with me and we did everything together,” the rapper wrote. “Since we were kids you been by my side lookin up at me, them eyes waiting on me to make the next move … then you followed up right behind me. You always made sure I did it first so you can do it right with me. You never competed with me, we were always on same team.”

Quavo referred back to the first dream he shared with his friend.

“Remember, our first dream was to be tag team partners in WWE. We fell in love with WWF wrestling … man we had every action figure,” he wrote. “Thought we was gonna be pro wrestlers cuz the way he imitated all the wrestlers so good and if you know Take, his imitation skills are to the T … he could imitate anybody just ask Danny and P. Super quiet though, quietest in the room but paid attention to everything going on in the room.”

The heartbroken artist describes Takeoff as the most unbothered person in the world.

“He never got mad, he never raised his voice, and when he did, he silenced the room because what Take said was law and he wasn’t changing his mind fa na, not even Unc could, you just gotta let em cool off for bout 30mins,” Quavo said.

According to Pitchfork, Takeoff and Quavo were playing dice in a Houston bowling alley when an altercation broke out and a man opened fire, leading to the death of the 28-year-old Migos rapper.

In October, Quavo and Takeoff released their first album as a duo, Only Built for Infinity Links.

“He took time with everything. We called it the ‘Takeoff Time.’ Whenever we would be running late to shows he would always say ‘God will get us there on time,'” Quavo wrote. “Some shows God did, some shows we were late. Point is he trusted God though.”