Quavo and Takeoff pose for a photo at the 2nd Annual Black Ball.Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty
Over eight months after thedeath of his nephewand fellow Migos rapper Takeoff,Quavois opening up to fans about loss, grief, and the ways Takeoff continues to motivate him.
In a new discussion with Jamie Crawford-Walker that Quavo posted to his own YouTube channel — and titled “A Conversation For The Fans” — the Atlanta musician gave some insight into his upcoming albumRocket Powerand how he’s been doing since Takeoff’s November 2022 death.
“I miss him a lot and I love him,” Quavo, 32, said. “He know I love him. That’s what we always know. So when you see me and you see me smiling or something like that, you don’t gotta never think I forgot about him or I’ll forget about him. I think about him all the time. Sometimes I cry myself to sleep. And that’s it. I just know he’s here. If I can’t feel him, I just know he’s around.”
Takeoff, 28, wasshot and killed outside the front door of a downtown bowling alley in Houstonon Nov. 1. He was at a private party with Quavo when an altercation broke out. Quavo, who is now naming his new album after his late nephew, was not injured in the incident.
“It means everything to me,” Quavo said of his album title,Rocket Power.
As Quavo explained, he has a plaque featuring a photo of Takeoff in his studio, and whenever he records, he looks at his nephew’s eyes. When asked in the interview if he’s found a new purpose, Quavo explained that he feels like he’s “just floating.”
“I’m grown, I’m a grown man, and I just feel like I’m here for a reason. And once I get my job done, we all gotta go,” he said. “I’m just here til' the job is done, so I can get back with my boy.”
Quavo also revealed that he intends to feature Takeoff onRocket Power, with “a couple unreleased verses” added in the mix. But, as Quavo explained, there’s roughly 1,000 more unreleased tracks from Takeoff floating around, and he intends to save music for a solo Takeoff project.
“I want to keep his stuff very, very sacred right now for his project,” he said. “I don’t wanna be pulling the stuff and then we get to his project and [we don’t] know what to do… Knowing him, he want his s— right.”
As Quavo explained, there’s “a whole bunch of music in the vault” — enough for potentially the next 10 to 15 years.
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Quavo’s latest conversation comes shortly after he andOffsetreunited with each other for aBET Awards performancein June.
“I love all my fans. I love y’all. We did a BET performance, man. It was iconic, man,” Offset, 31,said duringa recentInstagramLive. “It cleared my soul. Me and my brother, Quay, man, we put that together within, like, 16 hours, like, 15 hours… We do that ‘cause we’re some real stars.”
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He added: “We do this music. We the greatest group to ever touch the mic. RIP my brother, Take. We did it for my brother, Take. Me and Quay stood tall, brother to brother. And I appreciate everybody for supporting. It was a movie, it was a vibe. We needed that for the culture.”
source: people.com
