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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Beth Ure

Migos rapper Takeoff dies aged 28 after being shot in Houston

Rapper Takeoff, part of hip hop group Migos, has died at the age of 28 this morning after being shot in Houston, Texas.

Takeoff, real name Kirshnik Khari Ball, was playing a dice game with his bandmate Quavo when a shooter opened fire at bowling alley 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston, according to reports. Law enforcement rushed to the scene, but Takeoff was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fans have flocked to social media to pay their respects and share condolences after the news broke, with many sharing their shock at Takeoff losing his life so young.

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