The hip-hop community was irreversibly shaken last year when Takeoff, a member of the popular rap group Migos, was fatally shot. The loss of the rapper has greatly altered the lives of those closest to him, including his uncle, bandmate and best friend, Quavo, who was with him that dreadful night.
“This is a stage that I never thought that I’d be on,” Quavo, Quavious Keyate Marshall, said last week during a gun violence prevention panel at the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual legislative conference.
“All of this is just like a surreal moment,” he said.
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