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Rap Industry, Social Media Reacts To Shooting Death Of Migos’ Takeoff At Just 28-Years-Old

<p>The rap industry and social media have reacted strongly to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;takeoff&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Takeoff&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong><&sol;a> tragic passing after he was fatally shot during a dice game in Houston on Halloween&comma; as reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;rapper-takeoff-reportedly-shot-and-killed-during-a-dice-game-in-houston&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Celebs and fans alike&comma; many one in the same&comma; took to Twitter to express their sadness over the Migos&&num;8217&semi; rapper&&num;8217&semi;s untimely death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In one moving video&comma; fellow rapper Desiigner cried on Instagram live upon learning of Takeoff&&num;8217&semi;s murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Why&comma; why why&comma; why do we do this&quest;&&num;8221&semi; he cried&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m done&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m done rapping&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587426330995556354" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former ESPN host and currently sports journalist Jemele Hill wrote she &&num;8220&semi;was in college when Biggie and &&num;8216&semi;Pac were killed and thought there was no way we&&num;8217&semi;d ever experience anything remotely close to that again&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Now it&&num;8217&semi;s happening so frequently that you barely have time to recover before someone else is killed&period; RIP Takeoff&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Hill went on to say&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587424026498064387" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yung Miami kept it short and sweet&comma; writing &&num;8220&semi;Damn takeoff&&num;8221&semi; followed by three broken heart emojis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587431289447223297" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ja Rule also took to Twitter to express his thoughts&comma; tweeting &&num;8220&semi;RIP Takeoff&&num;8230&semi; this s&ast;&ast;&ast; has to STOP&&num;8230&semi; sending love to friends and family&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587433640157671425" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Legendary rap music video director Cole Bennett too kept it short and simple&comma; offering &&num;8220&semi;RIP Takeoff&&num;8221&semi; alongside a prayer hand emoji&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587388633069125634" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tami Roman wrote she was &&num;8220&semi;heartbroken&&num;8221&semi; over Takeoff&&num;8217&semi;s death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587438409932587013" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Power 106 wrote &&num;8220&semi;we are sending our prayers to the family of the late Takeoff during this incredibly difficult time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Gone way too soon but we will continue to keep his legacy uplifted&period; Thank you for sharing your moments with us while you were here&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587428781211275264" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The folks at Power 105&period;1 and The Breakfast Club tweeted&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We celebrated the life of &num;TakeOff&period; &&num;8216&semi;If you&&num;8217&semi;d don&&num;8217&semi;t get you&&num;8217&semi;d credit&comma; if you work hard&comma; it will show itself&excl;'&&num;8221&semi; the station tweeted in reference to the rapper asking for his flowers in a recent appearance on Drink Champs&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587430851339485188" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rapper LeCrae took a more subdued approach to the tragic news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;No hot takes&period; No profound thoughts&period; Just sad that another rapper&comma; son&comma; brother and friend has been killed&period; God be with all those who feel the loss&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he tweeted&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587431772844953600" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rapper Rae Sremmurd offered his condolences with a simple &&num;8220&semi;RIP Takeoff&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587438551951630338" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bleacher Report Wrestling posted two photos of Takeoff after an appearance with Migos in WWE earlier this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587456127049924609" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rubi Rose wrote &&num;8220&semi;Rest In Peace Takeoff&&num;8221&semi; with a rose emoji&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587449864979329024" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rolling Loud&comma; where Takeoff had previously played with his Migos&&num;8217&semi; bandmates&comma; offered a simple &&num;8220&semi;LOVE LIVE TAKEOFF&&num;8221&semi; followed by prayer hands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1587453768743911428" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Takeoff&comma; real name Kirshnik Khari Ball&comma; was 28 years old and one-third of the hit rap group Migos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The artist was in Houston with fellow Migos rapper Quavo on November 1 when the tragic killing occurred&period; Authorities received a call after 2&colon;30 a&period;m&period; local time about a man shot at 810 Billiards &amp&semi; Bowling Houston&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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