Quavo and Offset perform at the BET Awards in June 2023.Photo:MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images
MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images
Offsetis giving some insight intohis BET Awards performancewithQuavo.
Last week, theMigosmemberscame together to perform “Bad and Boujee”in honor of the group’s late third member,Takeoff, whodiedin November. This was their first performance together since the group’s final album (released in 2021) — and comes months after the two allegedly got into a physical altercation backstage at the Grammys in February.
“I love all my fans. I love y’all. We did a BET performance, man. It was iconic, man,” Offset, 31, said during a 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.”
Quavo and Offset perform at the BET Awards in June 2023.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images
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.”
Offset said that Quavo, 32, put time and energy into making sure the performance would be perfect — down to the lighting and stage positioning.
“It’s always gonna be cinematic,” the father of five said. “Thank God for that moment. We did it for Take… And you know, when you put the three heads together, it’s always gon’ be cinematic. It’s always gon' be the truth. It’s always gon' be Godly.”
“Thank God for that moment,” he continued. “And like I said, RIP to Take. Y’all know how we coming about my brother. And we did it for Take. That’s our legacy. Migos forever. The greatest group to ever do it.”
Offset, Takeoff and Quavo of Migos.Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images
At the2023 BET Awards, the pair appeared together on stage in front of an animated rocket graphic, which took off and transformed into a photo of Takeoff, who wasshot and killed at age 28on Nov. 1, 2022. They performed the chart-topping 2016 hit, “Bad and Boujee,” to an emotional crowd.
Earlier that month, Offset and Quavowere pictured togetherfor the first time in months at a gathering for Takeoff as they honored his life with friends and family onwhat would have beenhis 29th birthday.
Quavoposted photos from the emotional day on Instagram, with one image showing him chatting with Offset as they wore matching white T-shirts with Takeoff’s face printed on them, a stack of chains and sunglasses.
Offset and Quavo in June 2019.Nicholas Hunt/Getty
Nicholas Hunt/Getty
Their reunion arrived after the pairallegedly got into a physical altercationbackstage at theGrammy Awardsin February, with Offset’s wifeCardi Byelling at them that “both y’all wrong!“TMZ reportedthat the incident happened just before Quavotook the stage for Takeoff’s tribute performance.
However, Offset shut down the rumors that they fought after the ceremony. “What tf look like fighting my brother,” hewrote on Twitter. “yal n— is crazy.”
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The same month, Quavo released a song called “Greatness,” in which he saluted Takeoff and rapped that Migos was “gone.”
source: people.com
