Offset has made it clear that he’s none-too-pleased with a latest stunt carried out by a would-be influencer and superstar impersonator for involving the late TakeOff in his antics.
The aspiring social media persona, who goes by “TakeDown” on Instagram, posted the offending reel on March 1. There, he donned a pair of sun shades and went strolling round a mall pretending to be the late Migos rapper.
At one level, he even stated, “I’m a star lookalike — in fact after I’m out in public, individuals suppose they’ve seen the ghost of TakeOff.”
Set, nevertheless, who didn’t discover out concerning the stunt till Monday (April 8), commented, “No you don’t twin shit not humorous!!!!!!!” on the reel.
The influencer wasn’t fazed by Offset’s protests, and replied, “no disrespect however I feel I do and so do others however why we are able to’t flip one thing unfavourable into one thing optimistic?Lengthy dwell takeoff.”
In a follow-up publish, the person doubled down once more and wrote, “It’s alright to impersonate Tupac however not Takeoff? Make it make sense.”
Again in July 2023, Offset stopped by Means Up With Angela Yee, the place he acquired candid on an array of matters in his life, together with the burden of continuous the journey as a celebrity rapper with out TakeOff by his facet.
“I’m unhealed. I’m being sincere, I misplaced my brother. I’m not healed — I’m not good,” Offset stated. “And this shit don’t assist nothing. We stars so individuals be pondering it’s simply cool however I’m an actual grown man. I cry day-after-day about this shit. In some unspecified time in the future, it fucks me up day-after-day.”
He continued: “After which or not it’s this sort of bullshit on prime of shit that be an excessive amount of for me. I’m nonetheless a human being. I’m dealing via shit personally and other people’s opinions matter these days. What’s on Twitter issues, what’s being stated. I play cool, I smile for the cameras, I do vogue week, and all this shit however behind the scenes I want my lady to be there for me for what I’m going via.”
In October 2023, Set paid tribute to the fallen Migos rapper on a brand new monitor referred to as “Say My Grace” from Offset’s sophomore solo album Set It Off, which arrived on October 13.
Over dramatic manufacturing from Vinylz, FNZ, Maneesh and Tom Levesque, the previous Migos member appears to the sky and asks God: “Why I didn’t get a reply?/ Why I lose my brother to bullets?/ Why I lose my grandma to most cancers?/ Why mе, God? I want solutions.”
In his visitor verse, Travis Scott additionally touches on his grief over TakeOff’s homicide, rapping: “I’m in a meditate state/ Ever since we misplaced bro, ain’t actually far more I can take.”
TakeOff (actual identify Kirshnik Khari Ball) was shot and killed outdoors of a Houston bowling alley in November 2022, simply weeks after the discharge of his collaborative album with Quavo, Solely Constructed For Infinity Hyperlinks..
Authorities say the 28-year-old rapper was an “harmless bystander” to a cube recreation involving Quavo and different males that escalated into an argument and, tragically, a shootout. An post-mortem revealed that TakeOff was fatally wounded within the head and torso.
The next month, Houston Police arrested a 33-year-old man named Patrick Xavier Clark, charging with him the rapper’s homicide. Clark, recognized regionally as DJ Pat, has maintained his innocence and was launched from jail on a $1 million bond in January.
Supply hyperlink