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Cardi B & Quavo Share Heartfelt Tributes to Late Migos Rapper Takeoff
Quavo is paying tribute to Takeoff 3 months aft his death.
The Migos rapper honored his precocious nephew and bandmate during the successful memoriam conception of the 2023 Grammys on Feb. 5. Joined by the Maverick City Music gospel choir—they were nominated for 4 awards astatine the ceremony—Quavo delivered a moving rendition of his opus "Without Me."
"Tears rollin' down my eyes / Can't archer you however galore times I cried," the 31-year-old rapped successful beforehand of an bare microphone basal adorned with Takeoff's chain. "Days ain't the aforesaid without you / I don't cognize if I'm the aforesaid without you."
Quavo released the way successful January arsenic tribute to Takeoff, who was fatally shot outside of a Houston bowling and billiards nine connected Nov. 1.
During the Grammys successful memoriam segment, Kacey Musgraves also took the signifier to execute a screen of "Coal Miner's Daughter" arsenic a tribute to precocious state singer Loretta Lynn. Meanwhile, Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt sang "Songbird" to honor Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, who died on Nov. 30 astatine the property of 79.
Prior to his death, Takeoff—born Kirsnick Khari Ball—had attended a backstage enactment astatine the nine with Quavo, according to police. Shortly aft the event ended, an statement broke retired that led to the shooting.
Following Takeoff's solemnisation of life Nov. 12, Quavo shared a letter addressed to the 28-year-old. "It's truthful hard to archer you Ima miss you due to the fact that you ever with maine and we did everything together," helium wrote connected Instagram. "Since we were kids you been by my broadside lookin up astatine me, them eyes waiting connected maine to marque the adjacent move...then you followed up close down me."
Explaining however their enslaved had ever felt much than conscionable an uncle-nephew relationship, Quavo continued, "Now I yet get it....you are OUR angel watching maine and watching america this full clip successful surviving signifier making definite EVERYONE FELT UR LOVE AND HUGS portion u present and u made our dreams travel true."
He added, "I emotion you with each my heart. I'll ne'er permission you."
Don't miss E!'s 2023 Grammy Awards reddish carpet Sunday, Feb. 5, starting astatine 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT followed by the Grammys telecast astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected CBS.
