It took some time for Offset and Quavo to reconnect following the death of their fellow Migos member Takeoff.
During a new episode of SiriusXM’s Shade 45, Offset sat down with DJ Whoo Kid and explained why he showed up at Quavo’s album release party for QRÖMELIFE in September. Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, was fatally shot in November 2022 at a Houston bowling alley and lounge while Quavo was present. He was 28 years old.
“I was there to support my brother,” Offset said on Shade 45, adding, “Blessings, the rebuild is always the best build.”
Offset explained that his appearance at the listening party followed a period of limited communication with Quavo, though the longtime collaborators had already started reconnecting privately.
“It’s a time and a place for everything and so we just clicking. We been talking for a long time. Ya’ll just ain’t know. It just wasn’t for the world to know. We had to heal behind the scenes,” Offset continued.
Migos officially split in 2022, when Quavo and Takeoff released their joint album Only Built for Infinity Links. The following year, Quavo and Offset paid tribute to Takeoff together at the BET Awards in June 2023, just months after their backstage altercation at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. During the ceremony, Quavo took the stage to perform “Without You” as part of the show’s ‘In Memoriam’ segment in honor of Takeoff and allegedly did not want Offset to join him.
The two rappers reunited in Los Angeles in September at the release party for QRÖMELIFE, where Quavo previewed their joint track “Away.” The song is their first collaboration since “We Did It,” which appeared on Ye’s Donda 2.
