MUSIC COMMUNITY MOURNS TAKEOFF

The rap community is grieving after Migos member Takeoff was shot and killed during a private party at 810 Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston early Tuesday morning (11/1). According to KCRP-2 Houston, fellow Migos members Offset and Quavo were both on the scene at the time of the shooting.

Social media erupted with tributes to the slain rapper as people struggled to make sense of yet another violent death of an artist. DJ Jazzy Jeff was among the first to comment on Twitter, asking, "What is going on… Come on…WTF!!!" Questlove echoed those sentiments with a simple, "What the fuck??!!"

The D.O.C., Dr. Dre's longtime collaborator, issued a swift call to action, posting, "Gotta stop killing ourselves. Gotta stop this shit. We wasting all that money and power on nothing. Need a new woke that says we not doing it. Gotta start investing time and energy into these young gunners. Those boys is the keys to a lot of shit."

Ja Rule added, "RIP Takeoff... This sht has to STOP… Sending love to friends and family."

Takeoff's death comes less than two months after PnB Rock's murder at a Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles in Los Angeles and nearly one year after Young Dolph was fatally shot in his hometown of Memphis while picking up cookies for his mother.

Gucci Mane, Killer Mike, Live Nation, Def Jam, City Girls' Yung Miami, Russ, Spotify's Carl Chery, Chika, Speech of Arrested Development and DJ Premier are also among the sea of notable names expressing their condolences, shock and grief.

Rest in peace Takeoff 💔 a huge loss for hip-hop and all of music and culture pic.twitter.com/3dlDs0L7nX
— Live Nation (@LiveNation) November 1, 2022

Gotta stop killing ourselves. Gotta stop this shit. We wasting all that money and power on nothing. Need a new woke that says we not doing it. Gotta start investing time and energy into these young gunners those boys is the keys to a lot of shit.
— D.O.C (@WESTCOASTDOC) November 1, 2022

R.I.P. @1YoungTakeoff 💔
— Gucci Mane (@gucci1017) November 1, 2022

Rip Takeoff… this shit has to STOP… sending love to friends and family 🕊🙏🏾
— Ja Rule (@jarule) November 1, 2022

What is going on…Come on…WTF!!!
— DJ Jazzy Jeff the Tutor (@djjazzyjeff215) November 1, 2022

What the fuck??!!!!!
— Dr. Love (@questlove) November 1, 2022

Damn takeoff 💔💔💔
— Yung Miami (@YungMiami305) November 1, 2022

No hot takes. No profound thoughts. Just sad that another rapper, son, brother, and friend has been killed. God be with all those who feel the loss. #TakeOff #MIGOS
— Lecrae (@lecrae) November 1, 2022

We've lost XXXtentacion, Juice Wrld, King Von, Mac Miller, Nipsey Hussle, Pop Smoke, Young Dolph, Drakeo The Ruler, Mac Miller, MO3, Huey, Snootie Wild, JayDayYoungan, Trouble, PnB Rock and now Takeoff in the past four years. I don't even know what else to say.
— Carl Chery (@carlchery) November 1, 2022

rest in peace, Takeoff. i cannot wrap my brain around this one. 💔🕊
— CHIKA 🌪 (@oranicuhh) November 1, 2022

"When we're slain, it's mundane. Rappers killed in public domains and we just tweet things #hashtag #GoneTooSoon
On to The Next Thing. Death Has Become an art" - Back Down #takeoff #riptakeoff pic.twitter.com/NvNuWgAbq3
— SPEECH (@Speech__) November 1, 2022