Rapper Offset Remembers Slain Cousin Takeoff: “The Pain You Have Left Me With Is Unbearable”

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Rapper Offset has released his first extensive statement on the Nov. 1 shooting death of his cousin and Migos bandmate Takeoff, writing on Instagram, “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,” Offset writes. “I’ve been going to sleep and waking up hoping that all of this is a dream, but it’s reality, and reality is a nightmare.” The 28-year-old Takeoff, born Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed outside a Houston bowling alley in a still-unsolved incident.

He was a member of the Georgia-based hip-hop trio Migos along with his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset. “Every time you would see me, you didn’t give me a dap you gave me a hug,” Offset, the husband of rapper Cardi B, writes. “I wish I could hug you one last time.

Smoke one one last time. Perform one last time. 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.” He ends with, “Give me strength, give your brothers strength, give your family strength.